The state of New York stopped the start of that Deepseek from government equipment and networks due to “serious concerns” for the intimacy of potential data and the risks of censorship posed by China -based app, governor Kathy Hochul confirmed on Monday.
Hochul’s office mentioned the fear of “overseeing and censoring a foreign government, including how Deepseek can be used to reap user data and steal technology secrets.”
“Public safety is my main advantage and we are working aggressively to protect New Yorkers from foreign and internal threats,” Hochul said in a statement.
“New York will continue to fight to combat online threats, ensure the intimacy and security of our data, and protect the state -sponsored censorship.”
Deepseek grew up at the top of the App Store’s download tables last month after the firm claimed to have trained an advanced model of it for less than $ 6 million and without access to the most advanced Nvidia computer chips, which in They were generally thought to build an front cutting and undergoing American export controls.
The popularity of the chatbot even as experts on the Internet warned that it presents significant risks of national security by collecting mass data, such as IP addresses and keys models and storing all in servers in China, where the communist regime could enter in data.
Prohibition means that New York state employees will not be able to download Deepseek on their equipment issued by the government. Does not apply to their personal equipment.
Deepseek cannot be reached immediately for comment.
The beginning has shown disturbing signs of censorship in accordance with the mandates of the Chinese Communist Party – such as the refusal to answer questions about China’s leader Xi Jinping, the Tiananmen Square massacre, and if Taiwan is a sovereign country.
Similar data security concerns led state lawmakers to hit Tiktok owned by China, which was banned last month after its Chinese parent failed to divert its shares. President Trump issued an executive order by delaying the implementation of the detention for 75 days.
Tiktok has been banned on government equipment in New York since 2020.
Some US lawmakers are pressuring Deepseek from federal government equipment, reported the Wall Street Journal last week. The American Navy has already stopped using Deepseek.
Deepseek’s claims to develop an ultra -efficient model, despite US restrictions, helped promote a $ 1 trillion stock sale.
However, many experts, including Elon Musk and CEO to him Alexandr Wang, have said that Deepseek is likely to have much more chips than he can publicly admit due to export controls.
As the post reported exclusively, Deepseek also hired at least four current employees who previously worked in the controversial Microsoft lab in China – whose existence US lawmakers have repeatedly criticized as a possible threat of national security.
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