Tech Desk 
Feb 12, 2025
DeepSeek, the rapidly increasing Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has made headlines globally ahead of its launch. Several leading companies, including Honor, Microsoft, Huawei, and more have already integrated its R1 model into their products and services.
DeepSeek app has successfully garnered significant interest from users across the United States (US), dominating the Apple Store charts.
Regulatory updates in US
In an interview with the Financial Times, Arm CEO Rene Haas warned that DeepSeek is likely to face several regulatory challenges due to its Chinese origins. He believes that foreign policy tensions are expected to force the company to halt its operations across the US, drawing parallels to the current scrutiny over the short-video platform TikTok.
Haas further highlighted that ongoing progress regarding TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is likely to set a new standard for DeepSeek. The US government has been forcing TikTok to divest its American operations from its Chinese parent company. This unpredictability continues in other Chinese tech companies such as DeepSeek, which is likely to face similar constraints.
Unlike TikTok, DeepSeek has not started direct operations across the US. The DeepSeek R1 AI model is open-source, indicating that while the app or web service could be restricted, users could still install and use the app.
As US-China tensions carry over to shape technology regulations, DeepSeek’s future is unpredictable. Government action targeting the AI company could profoundly affect its availability and usage. However, its open-source nature is likely to create a legal gap for users who want to keep using the latest AI model.
