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

A new bill Gottheimer proposed on Thursday is called the "No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act" and it would require the Office of Management and Budget to develop guidelines within 60 days for the removal of DeepSeek from federal technologies, with exceptions for law enforcement and national security-related activity.

U.S lawmakers plan to introduce a bill on Thursday that would ban DeepSeek's chatbot application from government-owned devices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru;

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has grabbed the top spot in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store and rattled Silicon Valley AI establishment. But it has also captured the attention of lawmakers, some who are now proposing banning the app from government-owned devices.