DHS bans DeepSeek products from federal civilian agency systems
On October 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built on its models from their IT systems. The move follows a strategy of open-weight AI models from Chinese labs like DeepSeek, which has released its models—including DeepSeek and DeepSeek-R1—for free since January 2025. DeepSeek’s founder, Liang…
Key points
- DHS ordered removal of DeepSeek products and third-party services from civilian federal-agency systems on October 20, 2026
- DeepSeek released its first open-source model, DeepSeek-R1, in January 2025, followed by five code repositories in February 2025
- Liang Wenfeng, DeepSeek’s founder, stated the company will not go closed-source, citing ecosystem growth as the priority
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shattered.io · 26 October 2026
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