{"id":297945,"date":"2025-03-14T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=297945"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:10:28","slug":"openai-calls-for-deepseek-ban-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/openai-calls-for-deepseek-ban-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI calls for DeepSeek ban in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI has urged the US government to&nbsp;<strong>ban DeepSeek from critical sectors<\/strong>, citing concerns over security risks and foreign influence. The company warns that DeepSeek, a Chinese-developed AI model, is&nbsp;<strong>state-subsidized and potentially state-controlled<\/strong>, posing threats to national security and intellectual property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OpenAI raises national security concerns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter sent to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, OpenAI explicitly calls for&nbsp;<strong>banning DeepSeek in government, military, and intelligence services<\/strong>. The company argues that Chinese-produced AI models could be&nbsp;<strong>compelled to manipulate information<\/strong>, potentially jeopardizing security and democratic values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI also advocates for&nbsp;<strong>removing Chinese-produced hardware, such as Huawei Ascend chips<\/strong>, from Tier 1 countries. The company points to China&#8217;s goal of&nbsp;<strong>surpassing the US in AI development by 2030<\/strong>, a milestone OpenAI believes could shift global technological power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DeepSeek\u2019s rapid rise raises questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeepSeek has recently gained attention for its&nbsp;<strong>remarkable AI performance at a fraction of OpenAI\u2019s cost<\/strong>, creating concerns about unfair competition and potential intellectual property violations. Some analysts speculate that&nbsp;<strong>DeepSeek may have illegally used OpenAI models<\/strong>, citing instances where the chatbot mistakenly identified itself as ChatGPT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite OpenAI\u2019s claims, there is&nbsp;<strong>no direct evidence that DeepSeek is controlled by the Chinese government<\/strong>. However, restrictions on political discussions within the model suggest&nbsp;<strong>possible compliance with the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s censorship policies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI has urged the US government to&nbsp;ban DeepSeek from critical sectors, citing concerns over security risks and foreign influence. The company warns that DeepSeek, a Chinese-developed AI model, is&nbsp;state-subsidized and potentially state-controlled, posing threats to national security and intellectual property. OpenAI raises national security concerns In a letter sent to the Office of Science and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/openai-calls-for-deepseek-ban-in-the-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;OpenAI calls for DeepSeek ban in the US&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":297946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-297945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308879,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297945\/revisions\/308879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297945"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=297945"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=297945"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=297945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}