Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a statewide ban of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek on all government networks and devices Monday — fearing “foreign government surveillance.” The decision comes after Wall Street and Silicon Valley got clobbered over rising fears about DeepSeek – a Chinese artificial intelligence startup owned by High-Flyer,

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

House lawmakers are seeking to bar federal employees from downloading Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence chatbot app onto their government-issued devices over national security concerns.

Governor Kathy Hochul has banned the use of China-owned AI, DeepSeek, on New York government devices due to surveillance concerns.