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The Chinese startup for artificial intelligence Deepseek could face the curls of the US government because it increases the American AI ecosystem, although the implementation of open code technology could be a challenge, experts said.

A sudden increase in Deepseek has questioned the effectiveness of Washington’s efforts that are aimed at suppressing Chinese approach to top technology over national security issues.

For Deepseek, which relied on the open code code, additional export limits that the US government could impose were limited, said Lawrence Ward, a partner of the US law firm Dorsey & Whitney with a specialization of national security rights.

In terms of the potential use of certain Nvidia chips, this could face civic and criminal punishments, but conducting these punishments can be “difficult if not impossible,” Ward said.

On Monday are US legislators urged actions to slow down Chinese technological startup, with some named Deepsek “serious threat.”

There are no easy solutions to limit the use of open code models, especially the ones that have been tested and used widely by organizations and individuals, said Paul Triolo, an Albright Stone Group partner.

One of the opportunities would be that the trade department creates rules that require that technological giants like Apple and Google tear down the Deepseek app, limiting their downloads on the US market, Triolo said, adding that it would be challenging to withdraw the application from other platforms such as github.

Deepseek in December Published a free model of an open code of open codewhich he claimed was built in just two months and in a fraction of the costs that other main players have. Last week the company posted a model of explanations that He allegedly surpassed OPENAI’s latest bids in many third-party tests.

Deepseek, whose Ai chatbot has become Most downloaded free app downloaded In Apple’s App Store Saau Saau, he said he created a model despite the worries of controls that have now imposed in 2022 on an approach to Chinese approach The most advanced Nvidia chips.

Startup based in Hangzhou said he used Less advanced Nvidia H800 chipS for the construction of a model, which has been available so far The government expanded the ban in October 2023.

“If Deepseek had an equipment that did not need to, it could certainly lead to further investigation,” said Daniel Newman, the Futurum Group CEO, who expects the US Government to consider the hardware of Deepsek that could break the export panels.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the progress of the Chinese AI app Deepseek was “Should be a wake -up call” For US technological companies, although they praise the cheap model as a “very positive development” for AI as a whole. “Instead of spending billions and billions, you will consume less, and hopefully, hopefully, the same solution,” Trump said.

Deepseek’s claimed the cost of the cost and effectiveness of his model sent us technological shares in his tail, as investors questioned the amount of money that large technological companies invest in AI models and data centers. US companies could now use public codes to purify their own models and possibly reduce calculation costs.

Ambassador John Moolenar, R-Mich., Chairman of the Cinema Home Selecting Committee, said the US Government should work on putting stronger export controls in the technology critical for Deepseek’s AI Infrastructure.

“The situation is a bit unprecedented and it is not probably that anyone in Washington has a clear idea of ​​what to do with it … Obviously we are in untreated waters at many levels,” Triolo said.

The company said on Monday that it was temporarily limited new applications Users with Continental China telephone numbers after a large malicious cyber-lean that caused malfunctions on his website.

January 20th day when a model of R1 company’s explanation was launched in public, Deepseek’s founder Liang Weenfeng attended a businessman’s symposium and experts with closed doorspresided over by Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, according to the state media Xinhua.

CNBC -ov Dylan Butts, Hui Jie Lim contributed to this report.