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Pentagon scrambles to block DeepSeek after employees connect to Chinese servers


The Pentagon is rushing to block DeepSeek on its network after some employees used the service, which stores data in China.

But that didn’t stop U.S. Department of Defense workers from getting caught up in the DeepSeek hype this week and connecting their work computers to Chinese servers, using the service for at least two days, Bloomberg reported. The U.S. government is grappling with the national security implications of soaring interest in the Chinese AI chatbot, which has climbed to the top of both the U.S. Apple and Play stores. On January 24, the U.S. Navy banned employees from accessing DeepSeek over security and ethical concerns, CNBC reported.

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