Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated an investigation into DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence application, which comes amid concerns over the app’s potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party. In response to these concerns, the state of Texas has taken the measure of prohibiting the use of the app on both personal and state-owned devices that are connected to the state’s computer network.
The investigation reflects ongoing scrutiny of foreign technology, particularly from China, due to privacy and security considerations. To learn more details about this unfolding situation, read the original report by Texas Lawyer.