The White House is looking into national security concerns over Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek after its developer prompted a global tech sell-off.

As Chinese AI application DeepSeek attracts hordes of American users, Trump administration officials, lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are expressing concern that the technology could pose a threat to U.S. national security.

White House ‘looking at’ national security implications of Chinese AI breakthrough - DeepSeek says its AI model is similar to US giants like OpenAI, despite fears of censorship around issues sensitive

Elon Musk doesn’t miss an opportunity to take a dig at OpenAI — even when the news item in question is supposed to be favorable to President Trump. Just a few hours after yesterday’s White House presser on The Stargate Project wrapped up, Musk posted on X that “they don’t actually have the money.”

The Trump administration is reportedly considering expanding the bans and sanctions against China, which could mean that the Nvidia H20 chip will no longer be legal to sell in the country.

Shares for leading US chip firm Nvidia dropped by almost 17% on Monday after the emergence of DeepSeek stunned Silicon Valley.

Investors sold technology stocks across the globe over the emergence of the low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - US officials are looking at the national security implications of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday (Jan 28),

Nvidia stock tumbled when DeepSeek said it trained an impressive AI model at a fraction of what U.S. companies have paid, but many Wall Street analysts remain bullish. President Trump's plan to reduce the corporate tax rate to 15% would let Nvidia repurchase more stock,