DHS bans DeepSeek technology across US federal civilian agencies
Original title: US bans Deepseek technology across federal civilian agencies
Agencies must remove existing DeepSeek products and cannot buy new ones, including affiliated and third-party implementations.
The US Department of Homeland Security has banned federal civilian agencies from using AI technology from Chinese lab DeepSeek, the Wall Street Journal reports. Agencies must remove existing DeepSeek products and cannot buy new ones. The order also covers affiliated companies and third-party services built with DeepSeek implementations. It cites a 2018 supply-chain procurement law, sets no deadline, and names no specific security concerns. Over the summer, broader steps against Chinese open-weight models were considered and then pulled back after objections from Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Meta.
Unconfirmed: The department did not name the security concerns, a removal deadline, or the exact scope of third-party services “built with” DeepSeek.
- The notice does not define what “built with” DeepSeek means.
- Whether gateways such as OpenRouter are covered remains unclear.
- Options previously discussed included sanctions and a trade blacklist.
- OpenAI and Anthropic had lobbied for restrictions, the report says.
- Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI is cited among recent Chinese models.
- 1.Federal civilian agencies must remove DeepSeek products and stop new purchases.
- Vendors
- DeepSeekMoonshot AI
- Countries
- United StatesChina
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