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.

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