DeepSeek AI app for iPhone and Android has been caught sending unencrypted data to servers in China. You'd best avoid the mobile apps.

The chatbot app from artificial intelligence (AI) sensation DeepSeek has overtaken Doubao, the equivalent product from TikTok parent ByteDance, as China's most popular AI app, reflecting the continuing widespread interest in the Hangzhou-based start-up.

A little over two weeks ago, a largely unknown China-based company named DeepSeek stunned the AI world with the release of an open source AI chatbot that had simulated reasoning capabilities that were largely on par with those from market leader OpenAI.

President Donald Trump boasted that he would save the popular social media platform TikTok from a ban in the U.S. And that still could happen. However, according to those close to the talks, negotiations between the U.S. and TikTok's parent company, the China-based ByteDance, have stalled.

TikTok’s Chinese owner is slow-rolling negotiations for a sale, as the Trump administration seeks to broker a deal.

Negotiations over the sale of TikTok's U.S. operations appear to be at an impasse as its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, delays progress while awaiting a green light from Beijing. President Donald Trump's numerous corporate allies are racing to broker a deal with an American buyer.