The Trump Administration is reported examining the US DEPEPEK ban

The Trump Administration is considering new restrictions on the Chinese AI Laboratory Depepeek, which would limit it from the purchase of NVIDIA AI chips and will potentially bar for Americans to have access to its AI services, The New York Times reports on Wednesday.

The restrictions are part of the Trump administration’s efforts to compete with China on AI. Months after Deepseek shook both Silicon Valley and Wall StreetUS officials seem to weigh several options to limit China’s access to US technology and consumers.

Tuesday The White House Moved to limit more than NVIDIA’s AI Chip sales in ChinaStrengthening the rules created by the Biden administration.

Deepseek’s popularity among us AI developers has increased in recent months, and the competitive pricing of the starter has forced the Silicon Valley to offer larger AI models at lower costs.

There are many questions, however, whether Deepseek is committed to IP theft to create some of its more competitive models. Openai has claims the Chinese laboratory distilled its modelsViolation of the Terms of Use of Openai.