WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are looking at the national security implications of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, while President Donald Trump's crypto czar said it was possible that intellectual property theft could have been at play.

On Tuesday, the White House said the National Security Council is reviewing the implications of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm. The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the development stating,

Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly piggybacks off the advances of U.S. rivals called "distillation." The technique,

Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly piggybacks off the advances of US rivals called "distillation."

Deepseek collects similar data to American-based AI models, but Chinese laws could make that data more accessible to the government.