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” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday evening that he is looking into DeepSeek, a Taiwanese artificial intelligence company, which lately caused some American technology stocks to drop.
According to the statement, Paxton informed DeepSeek that it swore the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. The analysis concentrates on private concerns relating to the bank’s claims that its AI model rivals OpenAI’s and its AI platforms. The common conceptual AI system ChatGPT is known for OpenAI, which was founded by CEO Sam Altman and it businessman Elon Musk in 2015.
Google and Apple have been asked by Paxton to release third-party legal analytical demands to them asking for their analysis of DeepSeek and the paperwork that DeepSeek submitted for customer access.
According to Paxton’s claim, DeepSeek is” no more than a surrogate for the Chinese Communist Party.”
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Any CCP-aligned firm that attempts to undermine that dominance by violating the rights of Texans and improperly undermining American tech companies will be subject to the full force of the law, he said.” The United States and Texas will continue to be at the forefront of global AI development.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott restrictions usage of DeepSeek on government-issued equipment
Paxton’s inspection comes after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott banned the use of DeepSeek and another Chinese-backed AI and social media apps on government-issued equipment on Jan. 31.
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The statement directed the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Department of Information Resources to add six technology — DeepSeek, Lemon8, Moomoo, Red Note, Tiger Brokers, and Webull — to the state’s prohibited technology list. State employees and contractors are prohibited from using these programs on both individual and state-owned devices as a result of this ban.
Abbott signed Senate Bill 1893, which gave him the authority to impose a moratorium on any social media apps or service that could cause potential security risks to Texas after banning the short-form movie social media app TikTok on government-issued devices in 2022.
What is DeepSeek?
DeepSeek, a comparatively small Chinese test, launched its R1 type in late January, amazing U. S. tech companies. The launch went viral, raising issues in the U. S. business, which had usually considered itself the head in the AI area before DeepSeek’s development.
DeepSeek’s start led U. S. technology companies ‘ stocks to fall, including Musk’s Tesla.
More: Chinese AI DeepSeek challenges ChatGPT and causes it companies to decline, including Tesla.
Legislators in Texas and other states have taken the steps to build investigations or ban DeepSeek since its release.
Some U. S. investors and AI stakeholders described DeepSeek’s release as the 21st season’s” Sputnik “moment, sparking more interest in AI development as part of an” arms race “against China and other countries, much like the Soviet Union’s 1957 launching of the first Sputnik satellite launched the space race.