Deepseek app was seen on a mobile phone in this photographic illustration taken in Warsaw, Poland on January 27, 2025.
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The start of Chinese artificial intelligence Deepseek can face curves from the US government as it enhances the US ecosystem, although implementing restrictions on open -sourced technology may be a challenge, experts said.
Deepseek’s sudden growth has questioned the effectiveness of Washington’s efforts aimed at curing China’s high -tech entry over national security concerns.
For Deepseek, which relied heavily on the open source code, the additional export restrictions that the US government could impose are limited, said Lawrence Ward, a partner in US -based Dorey & Whitney legal firm with a specialization in the law of national security.
Regarding the possible use of the company of some Nvidia chips, it may face civil and criminal fines, but the implementation of these sentences may be “difficult if not impossible,” Ward said.
On Monday, US lawmakers sought actions to slow the onset of Chinese technology, with some calling Deepseek a “serious threat”.
There are no easy solutions to limit the use of an open -source model, especially the one being tested and widely used by organizations and individuals, said Paul Trolo, a partner at Albright Stone Group.
One option would be that the department outside other platforms such as Github.
Deepseek in December released a large, open -source model model, which he claimed to have been built in just two months and in part of the cost born of other big players. Last week, the company issued a reasoning model reported to exceed Openai’s latest offers in many third -party tests.
Deepseek, whose chatbot has become the most downloaded app at Apple’s App Store in the US, said he created the model despite comprehensive controls imposed in 2022 by the SH.BA in China’s Access to the most advanced chips Nvidia.
Hangzhou -based starting said he used the less advanced Nvidia H800 chips to build the model, which was available until the US government expanded the ban in October 2023.
The situation is somewhat unprecedented. We are clearly in unexplored waters on many levels.
Paul triolo
Partner, Albright Stone Group
“If Deepseek had equipment that should not have, it could certainly lead to further investigation,” said Daniel Newman, CEO of Futrum Group, who expects the US government to look at Deepseek’s device which may have violated export curves.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the advancement of the Chinese AI Deepseek application “should be a waking up” for American technology companies, while praising the low -cost model as “much positive development” for him in general. “Instead of spending billions and billions, you will spend less, and you will come up with the same solution,” Trump said.
The efficiency of Deepseek’s alleged cost and the effectiveness of his model sent US technology shares to a bar, as investors questioned the amount of money that large technology firms invested in the models of he and the database. US companies can now use public codes to refine their models and possibly bring the calculation costs.
Rep. John Molenaar, R-Mich., Chairman of the China House Election Committee, the US government said on Monday should work to establish stronger export controls on critical technologies for DEEPSEEK infrastructure.
“The situation is somewhat unprecedented, and it is unlikely that someone in Washington will have a clear idea of what to do about it … We are clearly in the uncharted waters on many levels,” Triolo said.
The company said on Monday that it temporarily restricted new registrations for users with continental China’s phone numbers after a widespread internet attack that caused interruption on its website.
On January 20, the day when the company’s reasoning model departed for the public, Deepseek founder Liang Wenfeng participated in a closed -door symposium for businessman and expert, led by Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, according to state media Xinhua.
Dylan Butts of CNBC, Hui Jie Lim contributed to this report.