Security researchers say the website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that's been barred from operating in the United States.

China's AI chatbot DeepSeek is facing bans in India, the US, Australia, and several other nations over security risks. South Korea is the latest to block it, following Taiwan and Italy. Governments fear DeepSeek could compromise sensitive data,

Researchers linked the AI chatbot to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company, which has been banned from operating in the U.S.

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