Bipartisan bill seeks to ban federal agencies from using DeepSeek, AI tools from ‘foreign adversaries’

Bipartisan U.S. senators introduced the No Adversarial AI Act to prohibit federal agencies from using AI tools made by companies in Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, citing national security and data privacy concerns highlighted by China’s DeepSeek. The bill would establish and update a federal list every 180 days, allow limited research exceptions with written justification and congressional notice, and aligns with prior federal restrictions on foreign software such as TikTok and Kaspersky.