US politicians call for further probes into possible DeepSeek security risks

DeepSeek.

• New probe into DeepSeek has been requested by a group of US Senators
• The Senators cite national security concerns around Chinese firm
• Many US Government departments have already banned the chatbot

The ongoing dispute between Chinese tech firms and the US Government continues, after a group of seven Republican Senators asked the Department of Commerce to evaluate data security risks that models from Chinese companies pose, specifically the AI chatbot DeepSeek.