Deepseek is prohibited on New York State Government Apparatus

New York prohibited In depthThe AI ​​application of government devices, citing security problems concerning the company belonging to Chinese. It is the Tiktok prohibit speech again.

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the depth prohibition on a state scale On Monday, declaring that “New York will continue to fight to fight against cyberrencies, ensure the privacy and security of our data and save against censorship sponsored by the State”.

Although Deepseek has existed for some time, the company has made a huge splash in January when it published a Chatbot application based on its R-1 Deepseek model. The new AI assistant of Deepseek Pulled at the top of the Apple App Storeimpressive users with his Superior to rival OPENAI Cat Regarding technical tasks. It is also free, unlike Chatgpt.

Unsurprisingly, Deepseek’s meteoric success Alarmed the American technological industryEspecially since he claimed that his chatbot AI was developed at a fraction of the cost of Openai models. Nvidia’s stock fell in responseInvestors realizing that the future development of AI technology may not require as much GPU as US companies have used.

The questions also quickly arrested concerning Deepseek securityAnd What the company could do with user input data. US officials have expressed concerns about whether the Chinese government could censor the content or use the application to monitor users. Some users have reported censorship on DeepseekIn particular with regard to criticism of the Chinese government.

“Serious concerns have been raised regarding the connection of Deepseek AI to the surveillance and censorship of the foreign government, including the way Deepseek can be used to collect user data and steal technological secrets,” read the Announcement of Hochul.

New York is not the only American state that has prohibited government employees from downloading Deepseek. At the end of January, the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, prohibited Chinese social media and AI applications on government devices, including Deepseek, RednoteAnd Lemon8. Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Darin Lahood too presented the unambiguous bipartisan bill “No Deepseek on Govern Devices Act” In the House of Representatives of the United States on Thursday, which would have an impact on all federal employees.

Although Deepseek is only prohibited from the American government’s devices for the moment, and that in some states, these prohibitions can be a precursor of broader restrictions. Missouri last Monday Senator Josh Hawley presented a bill This “prohibits importation or export to China from artificial intelligence technology”, whether or not the user is an employee of the government. While the proposed “Top up the abilities of artificial intelligence in America from Chinese law” Do not specifically distinguish Deepseek by name, it is clear that the company of AI is very worrying for the American government.

The concern of the American government about Deepseek reflects its attention to Tiktok, the application of sharing of videos that have also been Accused of user surveillance and propaganda spread at the request of the Chinese government. However Tiktok was forbidden to all US government devices at the beginning of 2023In January 2025, the application was legally prohibited throughout the country. President Donald Trump temporarily delayed the ban He can therefore “negotiate a resolution” to the national security problems of officials, but Tiktok could very well leave the United States if we are not accepted by April.