Senators Rosen, Husted, & Ricketts Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect American Government Devices from PRC-Controlled AI Program

WASHINGTON, DC– Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jon Husted (R-OH), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the use of DeepSeek — a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform with direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party — on all government devices and networks. DeepSeek poses a potentially major national security threat, as data collected from the program is being shared directly with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government and its intelligence agencies. Several U.S. states and allied nations have already moved to block DeepSeek from government devices due to critical security concerns.
“As the artificial intelligence landscape continues to rapidly expand, the U.S. must take steps to ensure Americans’ data and government systems remain protected against platforms — like DeepSeek — that are linked to our adversaries,”said Senator Rosen.“This bipartisan legislation takes proactive steps to ban DeepSeek on all U.S. government devices, helping to further safeguard sensitive government data from the Chinese Communist Party.”
“DeepSeek is a tool that perpetuates Communist China’s agenda—full stop,”said Senator Husted.“It exposes Americans’ data to our adversary’s government, lies to its users, and exploits American workers’ AI advances. We can’t afford for U.S. officials to play into Beijing’s hands by hosting this hostile bot on their devices. Our bill is an urgent first step toward protecting our citizens, government, and economy from China’s Communist Party.”
“DeepSeek poses serious security risks to Americans who use the platform. It should not be on government devices,”said Senator Ricketts.“This bipartisan bill ensures that DeepSeek does not expose our government to potential national security risks—or give our data to Communist China.”
As the first and only former computer programmer to serve in the Senate, Senator Rosen has led the fight to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity. Last year, Rosencalled onthe Department of Health and Human Services and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to create a plan to help health care systems respond to cyber attacks like the recent ransomware attack on Change Healthcare. Additionally, Rosen’s bipartisanDepartment of Defense Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Actbecame law to recruit civilian cybersecurity personnel to serve in reserve capacities and respond to cyberattacks during times of need. Senator Rosen has introduced bipartisan bills to bolster the cybersecurity ofmedical devicesand records from theDepartment of Veterans Affairs, both of which weresignedintolaw.
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