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US DHS Orders Federal Agencies to Remove DeepSeek and Derivatives

1 reports archived1 independent sourcesupdated 10/20/2026, 03:31:18
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The US Department of Homeland Security has issued an executive order requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek models and any third-party products built upon them. Citing data sovereignty concerns and potential security vulnerabilities under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, this move signals a deepening decoupling of Chinese AI technology from US government infrastructure.

LATEST/The US Department of Homeland Security has issued an executive order requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek models and any third-party products built upon them. Citing data sovereignty concerns and potential security vulnerabilities under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, this move signals a deepening decoupling of Chinese AI technology from US government infrastructure.

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  1. Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai)T2·78 pts
    • The ban extends beyond official DeepSeek services to include all third-party applications developed using DeepSeek weights or APIs.
    • Key risks cited include potential data transmission to Chinese servers for hosted models and possible malware vulnerabilities in locally deployed weights.
    • Although currently targeting only DeepSeek, other Chinese models facing similar distillation accusations (e.g., Kimi, Qwen) may face equivalent scrutiny in the future.
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