Senators think DeepSeek could leak data or aid Chinese military

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A group of Republicans led by Senator Ted Budd has called for an inquiry into China’s DeepSeek over potential national security threats. They believe the company’s open-source AI model, known as R1, could leak U.S. user data. The U.S. lawmakers sent a letter about the inquiry to the U.S. Commerce Department on August 1, which was made public on Tuesday. The senators argued that the company’s AI model could leak U.S. user data to aid China’s military and surveillance efforts. DeepSeek accesses ch...