The US Navy has banned the use of new chatbot DeepSeek DeepSeek is a Chinese owned AI The chatbot has emerged as a ChatGPT competitor New AI chatbot DeepSeek has caused a stir recently due to its disruption of the market after its open source Large Language Model appeared to be severely undercutting existing models.

DeepSeek's AI models are open source, meaning they can be utilized by anyone in the AI development community, including those with potentially malicious intentions.

The United States Navy has officially banned its members from using DeepSeek — an artificial intelligence chatbot created in China — out of fear the Chinese government could exploit sensitive data, according to a report.

At least one body of the US government has officially banned the use of Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek among its staff. This week, the US Navy handed down the ban, barring its members and servicemen and women from using the app for personal and work-related tasks,