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The US ordered federal civilian agencies to remove Chinese startup DeepSeek's products and third-party services built on its technology, citing national security concerns including possible data transfer to China; China protested the ban.
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The Department of Homeland Security banned the use of DeepSeek within federal civilian agencies, a decision made a couple of days after DeepSeek released its latest AI model.
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US orders federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek AI technology
Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies
SiliconANGLE AI · 20 Oct 2026, 00:47
DeepSeek deep-sixed at all US federal civilian agencies
The Register AI + ML · 20 Oct 2026, 00:11
US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance
BBC Technology · 19 Oct 2026, 18:21
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“The decision comes a couple of days after the release of Deepseek's latest AI model.”
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