China’s DeepSeek is the focus of an investigation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) over its privacy practices and claims that its AI model is on par with those of leading competitors, Paxton announced Friday.
Paxton also says he notified the company that its AI platform violates Texas data privacy and security laws.
“DeepSeek appears to be no more than a proxy for the CCP to undermine American AI dominance and steal the data of our citizens,” Paxton said in a statement, referring to the Chinese Communist Party. Last month Paxton directed that DeepSeek’s platform be banned on all devices of his office.
As part of the investigation, Paxton says he’s asking Google and Apple to share their analysis of DeepSeek’s app and produce documents the company was required to submit to them before they agreed to make its app available for download. The company turned heads last month in launching a competitive AI model that it says cost far less to develop than competitor products.
Paxton’s investigation comes days after an executive for OpenAI said the company has spoken with government officials about the ChatGPT maker’s investigation into whether DeepSeek used data obtained in an unauthorized manner from its technology.
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