A group of Republicans led by Senator Ted Budd has called for an inquiry into China’s DeepSeek over potential national security threats. They believe the company’s open-source AI model, known as R1, could leak U.S. user data.

Seven Republican senators are urging the Commerce Department to investigate whether open-source models like DeepSeek’s R1 pose risks.

A group of seven Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday asked the Commerce Department to evaluate potential data security vulnerabilities posed by Chinese open-source AI models like DeepSeek.

The ongoing dispute between Chinese tech firms and the US Government continues, after a group of seven Republican Senators asked the Department of Commerce to evaluate data security risks that models from Chinese companies pose,

A group of U.S. senators have urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate DeepSeek's (DEEPSEEK) connection to the Chinese military.