US Navy Warns Service Members Against Using China’s AI App DeepSeek

The U.S. Navy has a longstanding policy against the use of artificial intelligence tools.

The DeepSeek search page is displayed on a mobile phone in front of a laptop screen displaying the Deepseek homepage in London on Jan. 29, 2025. Leon Neal/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Navy has recently informed its members to avoid using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, including Chinese-made DeepSeek, a Navy spokesperson has confirmed with The Epoch Times.

“The internal correspondence was a reminder to colleagues of standing Navy guidance against the use of any publicly accessible, open-source AI programs or systems for official work,” the spokesperson said on Jan. 30.