WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT ) does

not allow its employees to use an artificial intelligence app

developed by Chinese AI startup Deepseek, due to concerns

related to data vulnerability as well as Chinese propaganda,

President Brad Smith said on Thursday.

Speaking at a Senate hearing on winning the AI race with

China, Smith said the company also doesn't carry Deepseek's

application in its app store, flagging risks posed by "data

going back to China and the app creating the kinds of content

that people would say are associated with Chinese propaganda."