US proposes banning Chinese AI in federal agencies

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has proposed a bill to ban Chinese-developed artificial intelligence (AI) systems from being used in federal agencies, expressing their determination to lead the global AI race.

Artificial intelligence (AI) applications Grok of xAI Company (USA), DeepSeek of China and ChatGPT of OpenAI Company - Photo: AFP

The new bill, called the No Adversarial AI Act, aims to identify artificial intelligence (AI) systems developed by rival countries like China and ban their use in the US government , except for research and counterterrorism purposes.

According to ABC News, the group of lawmakers who proposed the bill also pledged to ensure the US maintains a leading position in the global AI competition, which is increasingly tense with China.

China has not yet given an official response to this bill.

At a hearing before the US Congress on Capitol Hill (Washington DC, USA) on June 25, Republican Congressman John Moolenaar, who is also the chairman of the House Committee on China, emphasized that AI is a central strategic technology in the current era.

“We are in a new Cold War, with AI as a central strategic technology. The global balance of power may well depend on who leads in this area,” said MP Moolenaar.

The hearing was held in the context that China announced a high-performance AI model from DeepSeek Company (headquartered in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China) with development costs much lower than equivalent platforms from US technology companies such as OpenAI or Google.

This has raised concerns that China is rapidly catching up with the US despite limited access to advanced technology and chips.

Experts attending asserted that the US must win the AI ​​race to maintain its strategic position.

Mr. Thomas Mahnken, president and director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, called this a “protracted technology and security competition” that could shape the world political order.

AI Anthropic Co-founder Jack Clark commented that AI reflects the values ​​of the place where it is developed. According to him, AI developed in democratic countries will serve the interests of humanity and vice versa.

Stanford University's AI Index 2025 report shows that the US is still leading in developing advanced AI models, but China is rapidly closing the gap and leading in the number of scientific publications and patents.

Mr. Clark called on the US Congress to strengthen controls on chip exports to China, because “modern AI depends on computing power.”

He warned that if not tightened, China will have enough AI development tools to threaten US interests.

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