Lawmakers are now pushing to immediately ban the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek on government devices, citing national security concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may have built a backdoor into DeepSeek to access Americans' sensitive private data. If passed, DeepSeek could be banned within 60 days.

This should be a no-brainer in terms of actions we should take immediately to prevent our enemy from getting information from our government,’ says New Jersey lawmaker

DeepSeek emerged in January, surprising many in the technology industry with its capabilities, which reportedly come close to rivals but at a far lower cost.