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U.S. lawmakers plan to introduce the No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act, but President Donald Trump has sounded less hawkish on the practice of banning Chinese tech. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)

Is DeepSeek next in line for a TikTok-like U.S. ban?

Washington calls Chinese AI model a national security threat, but Trump disagrees

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.

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