Researchers linked the AI chatbot to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company, which has been banned from operating in the U.S.

The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States,

The federal government has restricted Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek’s chatbot from some of its mobile devices and is recommending other agencies and departments follow suit. The Treasury Board Secretariat's chief information officer,