Overview

• A House Select Committee report identifies DeepSeek as a significant national security risk, alleging it collects U.S. user data for the Chinese government and relies on stolen technology.
• The report highlights DeepSeek's founder, Liang Wenfeng, as operating within a network tied to Chinese state-linked research and hardware distributors.
• OpenAI testified that DeepSeek likely used unlawful training techniques, including distillation from its models, and circumvented development safeguards.
• The panel recommends export guardrails and prohibiting federal use of Chinese AI models but stops short of calling for an outright ban on DeepSeek.
• U.S. agencies and allied nations, including Australia, Italy, and Taiwan, have already restricted or banned DeepSeek over national security concerns.