Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies

Homeland Security has ordered US civilian agencies to rip out DeepSeek and every product built on it. US hosting doesn’t get you out. The order removes all DeepSeek and DeepSeek-affiliate products, and third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations, from civilian agency information technology, under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018. DHS says DeepSeek’s hosted models store data on servers in China, where national security laws give Beijing wide latitude to obtain data from domestic companies. Because every prompt and response passes through that service, DHS warned the transferred data, alone or combined with public information, could produce actionable intelligence on US persons and government programs. @aipost 🏴

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products from their IT systems. The directive, issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, also bans agencies and contractors from purchasing new products or services from Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co. Government contractors must check compliance registries and report covered item… https:// en.hacks.gr/oi-inomenes-polite ies-apagoreyoyn-ta-proionta-tis-deepseek-stis-kratikes-ypiresies/ # DeepSeek # ArtificialIntelligence # SupplyChain # Policy