China-tied AI tools like DeepSeek face US federal ban over ‘threat' to national security
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a bill in both chambers of Congress to ban the federal use of China-linked
artificial intelligence tools such as
DeepSeek , writing the latest chapter in the tech rivalry between the world's top AI powers.
Titled the 'No Adversarial AI Act', the proposed legislation aims to prohibit federal agencies from procuring or deploying AI technologies developed in China,
Russia
Iran and
North Korea
The bill was introduced in the House by US congressman John Moolenaar, a Michigan Republican who chairs the House Select Committee on the
Chinese Communist Party , and Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, the panel's senior Democrat.
Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, and Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, introduced the companion legislation in the Senate.
US congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Illinois Democrat, is the ranking member of the special House committee focused on China. Photo: AP
'Artificial intelligence controlled by foreign adversaries poses a direct threat to our national security, our data and our government operations,' Krishnamoorthi said in a statement.
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