US banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systems

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Homeland Security Department is ordering the removal of DeepSeek products and third-party services using the Chinese AI model from U.S. civilian ⁠agency IT systems, according to a notice published Monday.

The department is also banning acquisition of DeepSeek products and third-party services developed using DeepSeek by ⁠U.S. civilian government agencies. DHS said DeepSeek models pose "multiple threat vectors" and ⁠raised concerns that use of the product "may result in ⁠the transfer of sensitive data to the ⁠PRC if used by U.S. government employees or vendors."