The artificial intelligence world is changing fast, and DeepSeek, a Chinese AI model, has become a major player as China fights back against the big US tech companies. Its chatbot has climbed to the top of the App Store charts in 51 countries,

Alibaba Cloud is the latest of the world’s tech giants to jump onto the DeepSeek bandwagon, offering the Chinese AI startup’s models to its customers. The move isn’t surprising – Microsoft, Amazon, Huawei, and others have already started offering DeepSeek’s open-source AI models to their users, signalling a growing industry trend.

Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices.

DeepSeek emerged in January, surprising many in the technology industry with its capabilities, which reportedly come close to rivals but at a far lower cost.

DeepSeek shot to the top of the app-store charts—and triggered a brutal stock market selloff—last week. But the Chinese artificial-intelligence chatbot could soon face the same fate as TikTok. Lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill Thursday that would block the app from government-owned devices,