Tom Cotton asks Trump to ban China’s DeepSeek from government devices

Published February 21, 2025 3:02pm ET



Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked the Trump administration on Friday to ban DeepSeek from all government devices.

Citing the Chinese origin of the artificial intelligence tool, Cotton urged Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, to prevent federal employees from accessing the chatbot, which exploded in popularity last month.

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