Researchers linked the AI chatbot to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company, which has been banned from operating in the U.S.

The "No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act" comes after the Chinese AI lab shook Wall Street with its chatbot, a direct challenge to Western tech.

Two lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee plan to introduce a bill Thursday to prohibit the use of DeepSeek’s chatbot application on US government-issued devices, citing concern its code is linked to the Chinese Communist Party.

U.S lawmakers plan to introduce a bill on Thursday that would ban DeepSeek's chatbot application from government-owned devices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru;

A bipartisan Congressional bill is being introduced to ban China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence software from government devices.