Summary: Texas is investigating the Chinese AI company DeepSeek for potential violations of the state’s data privacy law, with AG Ken Paxton expressing concerns about its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The Attorney General has requested documentation from Google and Apple regarding the DeepSeek app and its availability on their platforms. Following the investigation, several states have moved to ban the app on government devices due to security risks.
Affected: DeepSeek, Google, Apple, Texas government entities, New York state, Virginia government entities
Keypoints :
- Texas Attorney General’s office is probing DeepSeek for data privacy violations.
- Paxton accused DeepSeek of being a proxy for the CCP and is demanding cooperation from Google and Apple.
- Several states, including New York and Virginia, have prohibited DeepSeek’s use on government devices.
Source: https://therecord.media/texas-investigating-deepseek-privacy