DeepSeek rises, fresh concerns about handling user data have emerged. The US has decisively come out against sharing data with China on national security grounds, which is the same reason it nearly banned TikTok. That approach could also impact DeepSeek, with the company stating in its privacy policy that it stores all its data in China.US president Donald Trump called Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s arrival in the artificial intelligence (AI) space a “wake-up call” for American companies. Trump’s comment came after the startup’s success spooked investors and obliterated global AI-linked stocks on Monday, shaving over a trillion dollars off their market capitalisations. Is the United states on paranoid mode over Chinese growing technological influence ?

