Youngkin says the ban aims to protect Virginia's IT security after researchers found code that could send user logins to a banned Chinese telecom company.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order Tuesday banning Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek from being used on all state-run networks and devices. The chatbot has become the most downloaded app in the U.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that the use of DeepSeek AI, a Chinese-owned competitor to ChatGPT, will be banned on state devices and state-run networks.