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The US banned DeepSeek from government systems, and China is protesting and demanding the ban be lifted while Beijing itself blocks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini in its market.
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US bans DeepSeek from government agency systems
DeepSeek AI tools banned from US government agency systems as rift with China grows
TechRadar AI · 20 Oct 2026, 19:00
US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems
TechCrunch AI · 20 Oct 2026, 13:07
US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies
Guardian Technology · 20 Oct 2026, 12:33
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