Chinese-owned DeepSeek AI was also unable to provide any information on Tiananmen Square when asked by Newsweek.

China’s DeepSeek is all the tech world can talk about now. But the chatbot has a censorship problem. It refuses to answer questions on sensitive subjects. When asked about Tiananmen Square or Winnie the Pooh,

Social media exploded in a celebration after the news that a Chinese start-up had made an artificial intelligence tool that was more efficient than any in the United States.

DeepSeek's chatbot's answer echoed China's official statements, saying the relationship between the world's two largest economies is one of the most important bilateral relationships globally. It said China is committed to developing ties with the U.S. based on mutual respect and win-win cooperation.

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,