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House staffers are being urged not to use the Chinese artificial intelligence program DeepSeek, which has soared in popularity since its recent launch.<\/p>\n

In a notice to staffers obtained by Blue Light News, the House Chief Administrator Officer said it is reviewing the technology, and until then it isn’t authorized for official House use. <\/p>\n

That means staffers can\u2019t install it on “House-issued devices, including phones, computers and tablets,” and extra precautions have been taken to restrict its functionality on those devices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThreat actors are already exploiting DeepSeek to deliver malicious software and infect devices,\u201d reads the CAO notice.<\/p>\n

DeepSeek\u2019s surprise emergence as an AI success story for China has led to bipartisan calls for a crackdown on sending high-tech microchips to the country. Key lawmakers have declared it a wake-up call for the U.S. to ramp up its race against China in the continued development of AI technology.<\/p>\n

Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to warn against use of DeepSeek during a press briefing Monday at the House GOP retreat in Florida, saying China \u201cabuse[s] the system, they steal our intellectual property.” <\/p>\n

He added: “They’re now trying to get a leg up on us in AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hours later, however, President Donald Trump argued the technology may be “a positive development.”<\/p>\n

House staffers \u2014 granted anonymity to share private concerns that may or may not be shared by the lawmakers they work for \u2014 noted the rare step of restricting the functionality of any program on House devices, though the House has stepped up such moves in recent years. It similarly banned staffers from using TikTok on official congressional devices last year over security concerns related to its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.<\/p>\n

In August 2024 the House Chief Administrative Officer and House Administration Committee also launched a new policy for the safe deployment of artificial intelligence tools by member and institutional offices.<\/p>\n

Under the approval process, the CAO reviews AI tools for \u201cdefined use cases\u201d and the House Administration panel approves them. That process is intended to help \u201coffices to reduce the security and privacy risks associated with AI,\u201d according to the CAO overview\u2019s overview.<\/p>\n

Katherine Tully-McManus contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

House staffers are being urged not to use the Chinese artificial intelligence program DeepSeek, which has soared in popularity since its recent launch. In a notice to staffers obtained by Blue Light News, the House Chief Administrator Officer said it is reviewing the technology, and until then it isn’t authorized for official House use. That […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}