Pentagon Workers Used Chinese AI Chatbot for Two Days Before Ban
Pentagon employees accessed the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek for two days before the Defence Information Systems Agency blocked access due to security concerns regarding data storage on Chinese servers. The move followed the discovery of Pentagon workers using the tool, despite DeepSeek’s privacy policy stating data is governed by Chinese law. While some access was blocked on January 29th, others remained, and the extent of employee usage is still under investigation. Various military branches are now responding with varying levels of restrictions on DeepSeek and similar Chinese AI tools.
John Q. Hosedrinker