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Trump administration reportedly considers a US DeepSeek ban


The Trump administration is considering barring Americans from accessing AI models created by the Chinese AI lab, DeepSeek.

The restrictions are part of the Trump administration’s effort to compete with China on AI. Months after DeepSeek jolted both Silicon Valley and Wall Street, U.S. officials seem to be weighing several options to limit China’s access to American technologies and consumers. DeepSeek’s popularity among U.S. AI developers has soared in recent months, and the startup’s competitive pricing has forced Silicon Valley to offer frontier AI models at lower costs.

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