New York State bans DeepSeek from government equipment
New York State has banned Chinese artificial intelligence assistants from doing it on government devices.
Gov. Kathy Hochul issued the directive on Monday citing “serious concern” about DeepSeek’s obvious censorship and its potential for foreign government surveillance. The AI application, created by a small research lab owned by Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, faces both praise and skepticism, as it suddenly surpasses last month's most famous AI model.
“Public safety is my top priority and we are actively working to protect New Yorkers from foreign and domestic threats,” Hochul said in a press release. “New York will continue to work to combat cyber threats and ensure the privacy and security of our data.” and protect state-sponsored censorship.”
DeepSeek's AI app ranked first in the Apple App Store in January, lowering Chatgpt to second place. It caused a sensation in Silicon Valley and put the tech industry in trouble as it faces an AI race between the United States and China.
DeepSeek caused a wave to build an AI model that outperformed some of the industry-leading models produced by U.S. companies (if their claims are true) as part of the cost. But the sudden popularity of the mainland-based app has prompted U.S. government officials to worry about whether it is safe to use.
Chinese law requires companies to cooperate and assist in China's intelligence work and potentially reveal data held by Chinese companies for government surveillance. The system is different from the United States, where in most cases, U.S. agencies will require a court order or warrant to access information held by U.S. technology companies.
Hochul's office noted that the app “can be used to collect user data and steal technical secrets,” Hochul's office said in a ban on DeepSeek for New York state devices.
The order builds on legislative oversight of the automated decision-making law in the Government Act signed in December, which implements a broad range of guidelines for the use of AI by state agencies, including provisions on human surveillance, transparency and risk assessment.
Just last week, Congress also introduced a bipartisan bill to prohibit deep consensus on federal government equipment, also with the risk of espionage.
“The technology competition with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is not something the United States can afford,” R-ill. Rep. Darin Lahood, a member of the CCP, posed a shocking national security threat to the United States.”
R-Mo. Senator Josh Hawley proposed a different bill at the end of January that would, if passed, ban Americans from fully downloading Chinese artificial intelligence models such as DeepSeek, noting that “per dollar and performances Data flows to Chinese artificial intelligence is ultimately with the US dollar and data used by the United States.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry opposes more general concerns about national security – concerns that haunt Tiktok, owned by Chinese barbarians and led the United States to pass through popular social media apps Procedure ban.
“The Chinese government attaches great importance to and legally protects data privacy and security,” Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said in a briefing in Beijing on Thursday. “It will never require companies or individuals to collect or store data in violation of the law.”