Trump "does not have the power to give away our private information to anyone he chooses, and he cannot cut federal payments approved by Congress," said the coalition of 14 states attorneys, which includes attorneys general from California, New York, Colorado, Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, Maryland, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Nevada.
DeepSeek could be exploited by the Chinese government to facilitate surveillance and misinformation operations, according to the bipartisan bill, which also moves to prohibit any AI apps developed by DeepSeek's parent firm High-Flyer while offering exemptions for research and national security purposes.
Such a development comes after a lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and escalating concerns regarding DOGE's infiltration of several federal government systems, including those at the Labor and Education Departments and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
A Chinese national is facing multiple charges of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets after he was accused of stealing AI technology from Google
Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence and Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence, which support the chatbot service, have been sought by Garante to provide details not only on the types of gathered personal information, used sources, and server locations but also the purpose and legal basis of such data gathering process within 20 days.
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