The US Department of Homeland Security has banned the use of DeepSeek technology in federal civilian IT systems.

The US DHS orders all federal civilian agencies to remove any DeepSeek tech from their IT systems and prohibits future procurement of its products and services (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/dhs-orders-deepseek-technology-removed-from-federal-civilian-it-systems-060b6d3d?st=m6DV2n&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink http://www.techmeme.com/261019/p28#a261019p28

US DHS orders all civilian federal agencies to kick all DeepSeek products to the curb. The ban covers information technology products and services developed by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd, and it also covers third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations. https://qz.com/deepseek-ban-civilian-agencies-dhs-order-101926 #AI #DeepSeek #Ban #DHS #USGov #LLMs #R1 #FederalAgencies #Government #Security #Risk #AIModels #OpenSource #OpenWeight

DHS bans DeepSeek AI products across federal civilian agencies The Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove Chinese AI company DeepSeek's products from government IT systems and prohibit future purchases, according to a…... https://itnerd.blog/2026/10/20/dhs-bans-deepseek-ai-products-across-federal-civilian-agencies/