DeepSeek & national security concerns ?

The option is there to continue the work. If it's popular and valuable enough you do not need to depend on China at all. I have not read the licensing but you should be able to fork it even now.
The threat here as I can see it from a US pov is not to allow China to get a lead in this space or more to the point.

Set the standard for the world
 
I was not commenting on the Geopolitics of it ..
This is what this thread is about.

The strategic implications of deepseek stealing a lead in the AI space with the help of western and/or other non Chinese collaboration
I was responding to the option one has if they left us high and dry.
This is the simpler part of the problem. The answer is evident and people pretty much fold their hands after that
 
Got this in mail today morning from Perplexity.

This model is hosted on servers based in the US and Europe, meaning that your data is not shared with the model provider or with China. Furthermore, we have eliminated all censorship on answers. You can ask it about any topic, even ones that are censored on the DeepSeek app, giving you unbiased and accurate answers.