US banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systems

Washington, October 19 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an order mandating the removal of DeepSeek AI products and third-party services leveraging the Chinese AI model from government agency IT systems, according to a notice released on Monday. In addition, the department has prohibited the acquisition of DeepSeek products and third-party services developed using the DeepSeek model by U.S. civilian government entities.

DHS stated that DeepSeek models present multiple threat vectors and raised concerns that their use could lead to the unauthorized transfer of sensitive data to the People's Republic of China if utilized by U.S. government personnel or vendors.