The Trump administration is considering imposing new restrictions on Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek that could bar it from purchasing NVIDIA AI chips and potentially block U.S. citizens from accessing its services, The New York Times reported.
The initiative is part of a broader strategy by Washington to increase competition with China in the field of artificial intelligence. After DeepSeek shook up the US technology and financial community, American authorities began to consider various ways to limit Chinese companies' access to American technology and markets.
The White House recently tightened controls on NVIDIA's AI chip exports to China, expanding existing restrictions imposed by the Biden administration.
DeepSeek has recently been gaining popularity among American AI developers due to the low prices of its models, which has forced some companies in Silicon Valley to reconsider their pricing policies.
However, DeepSeek is suspected of possible copyright infringement. In particular, OpenAI accuses the Chinese company of illegally using its models through the distillation technique, violating the terms of use.