Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) banned state officials from using Chinese-owned technology such as DeepSeek and RedNote on government devices Friday.

"Texas will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate our state’s critical infrastructure through data-harvesting AI and social media apps," Abbott said in a press release. “Texas will continue to protect and defend our state from hostile foreign actors.”

In recent weeks, DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, and RedNote, a short-form video social media app, have surged in popularity across the country as concerns about........

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