Senate Bill Targets Chinese AI DeepSeek to Safeguard National Security
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Contributed by: Drex DeFord
Summary
A bipartisan Senate bill, introduced by Senators Bill Cassidy and Jacky Rosen, seeks to prevent federal contractors from using the Chinese AI system DeepSeek due to cybersecurity and national security concerns. The legislation aims to protect sensitive federal data from potential access by the Chinese government, specifically targeting DeepSeek and similar models from the firm High Flyer. Cassidy emphasized the need for caution, warning that using DeepSeek in federal contracts could enable China to leverage U.S. data. The bill also allows the Commerce Secretary to issue waivers for security-related testing of AI models and requires a report for Congress on the national security threats posed by AI platforms from adversarial nations like China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
