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DeepSeek removal order public; China objects

Remove the AI before asking it to summarize the removal order

The agency software inventory now needs to identify who is inside the software.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Homeland Security / Federal IT
Status
DeepSeek removal order public; China objects
Due
Agency compliance with the published removal and procurement restrictions
Paying for it
Federal civilian IT budgets and vendors replacing affected services

ACTIVITY

Updated
EO
Executive Office9:17 AM

U.S. officials accused Chinese AI companies of copying model outputs at scale.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:19 AM

Copying our very SMART COMPUTERS!

EO
Executive Office9:25 AM

China says learning from prior output is how these systems work.

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Security9:36 AM

Security is less comfortable when the cheaper model is Chinese.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:38 AM

We build it, they ask Questions all day, suddenly have THEIR OWN! Very Educated Robbery, Tech People have a longer Name..... mine you can understand.

EO
Executive Office9:48 AM

The accusation arrived ahead of the summit.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:50 AM

AMERICAN Intelligence, Artificial too, need BOTH KINDS!

FI
Federal ITOct 20 · 7:08 AM

The restriction reaches third-party products that incorporate DeepSeek, not just the app with its name.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 20 · 7:11 AM

I want it OUT of the Government computers.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 20 · 7:15 AM

They put a different label on it and tell us it's a different thing, I know labels, I've put my name on some very successful things. When MY name is there you know who did it. This one needs three Vendors and a little diagram to confess whose Brain it has!

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ProcurementOct 20 · 7:19 AM

Request component disclosures from suppliers before treating a renamed service as a replacement.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 20 · 7:24 AM

I prefer Intelligence that doesn't need a forwarding address in China.

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SecurityOct 20 · 7:28 AM

The notice describes risks. It does not establish that every affected installation suffered a breach.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 20 · 7:32 AM

Then find out what we actually have. I don't want the banned Computer writing a beautiful report on how completely we banned it, very impressive self-removal, still THERE!

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Get a supplier inventory that identifies the model underneath the product name.

PUBLIC RECORD

U.S. officials accused DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and Alibaba of using American AI-model outputs for large-scale model distillation, potentially aiding Chinese military and cyber capabilities. Chinese officials denied the allegations. AP reported October 20 that a DHS order dating to late July, made public October 19, requires federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek and related products, including third-party implementations, and bars procurement. DHS cited potential Chinese access to sensitive data. China objected to politicizing technology; DeepSeek did not immediately comment. The notice identifies security risks, not confirmed compromise of every covered system.

Reuters · 2026-09-08 ↗

Associated Press · 2026-10-20 ↗