Tech from Chinese AI firm DeepSeek is being banned in many countries. Here's all the governments and agencies that have prohibited DeepSeek's AI.

But the story of DeepSeek also reveals just how much Chinese technological development continues to depend on the United States. DeepSeek used chips from the U.S. giant Nvidia to create its model, and, as it turns out, may have also tapped American data to train it. Washington can capitalize on that advantage to choke off Chinese tech firms.

Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices as it seeks to block "an unacceptable level of security risk" presented by the Chinese artificial intelligence program, according to an official order Tuesday.

The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs issued a mandatory direction for all government entities to "prevent the use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services and where found remove all existing instances of DeepSeek products,

Taiwan strengthens AI restrictions, fully banning DeepSeek over data security fears; global regulators also scrutinizing the company