US lawmakers urge AI Safety Institute to counter China's growing AI Threat, citing DeepSeek risks

Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Ml) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are calling on the Department of Commerce to enhance the responsibilities of the U.S. Al Safety Institute (AISI) to tackle the growing national security challenges posed by China's advancements in artificial intelligence, as stated in the release from the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (SCCCP).

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In a correspondence to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the legislators stressed that "there is a strong national security need for better understanding, predicting, and preparing for the PRC'sAl progress." They pointed out the approaching January 2025 introduction of DeepSeek's large language model, R1, as a significant alert. The Committee's probe into DeepSeek uncovered "multiple national security risks, including the funneling of Americans’ private data to the PRC, manipulation of the model's outputs according to PRC law, and the potential theft of U.S. Al technology through model distillation," as noted