US Orders DeepSeek Removal From Federal Civilian Systems Over National Security Concerns

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop procuring products and services from Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek and to remove it from government information technology systems. The order applies to civilian executive branch agencies, except their national security systems, and does not restrict the general public from using DeepSeek "Third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations," DHS noted in its order