House commerce panel joins probes of DeepSeek data risks

Republican leaders of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee are demanding details on the training data for China-based DeepSeek’s generative AI model, raising privacy and proprietary concerns about Americans’ data and adding to a growing chorus of congressional inquires into the national security implications of the open-source chatbot released earlier this year.

“DeepSeek’s data practices illustrate our concerns. By its own admission, the company’s mobile application -- available on app stores in the U.S. -- is sending Americans’ personal information...