U.S. officials are looking at the national security implications of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, while President Donald Trump's crypto czar said it was possible that intellectual property theft could have been at play.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the National Security Council (NSC) is investigating the situation with DeepSeek as officials are worried about DeepSeek’s rise and its impa

On Tuesday, the White House said the National Security Council is reviewing the implications of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm. The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the development stating,

As Chinese AI application DeepSeek attracts hordes of American users, Trump administration officials, lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are expressing concern that the technology could pose a threat to U.S. national security.

Congressional offices are being warned not to use DeepSeek, an upstart Chinese AI that is roiling the American market, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Congress has struggled to navigate the security and administrative challenges posed by the rapid advancement of AI technology.

The US Congress has warned its employees not to use the newly created Chinese chatbot DeepSeek. This is because malicious actors are using it to infect devices, Axios reports. The portal obtained a message from the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (CAO).

Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly piggybacks off the advances of U.S. rivals called "distillation." The technique,

Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly piggybacks off the advances of US rivals called "distillation."

Deepseek collects similar data to American-based AI models, but Chinese laws could make that data more accessible to the government.