PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Chinese AI startup DeepSeek sent shockwaves through the tech and investing worlds when it unveiled its ultra-cheap answer to ChatGPT. But scrutiny from Silicon Valley and Wall Street is not the only attention it has attracted.
While it is not yet clear what a powerful but cost-effective AI model would mean for an industry driven by raw computing power and heavy investments, lawmakers in the U.S. and elsewhere are already calling for DeepSeek to be banned.








