Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a statewide ban of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek on all government networks and devices Monday — fearing “foreign government surveillance.” The decision comes after Wall Street and Silicon Valley got clobbered over rising fears about DeepSeek – a Chinese artificial intelligence startup owned by High-Flyer,

Researchers linked the AI chatbot to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company, which has been banned from operating in the U.S.

Governor Kathy Hochul has banned the use of China-owned AI, DeepSeek, on New York government devices due to surveillance concerns.