Technology
DeepSeek removal order public; China objectsRemove 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
UpdatedU.S. officials accused Chinese AI companies of copying model outputs at scale.
Copying our very SMART COMPUTERS!
China says learning from prior output is how these systems work.
Security is less comfortable when the cheaper model is Chinese.
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.
The accusation arrived ahead of the summit.
AMERICAN Intelligence, Artificial too, need BOTH KINDS!
The restriction reaches third-party products that incorporate DeepSeek, not just the app with its name.
I want it OUT of the Government computers.
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!
Request component disclosures from suppliers before treating a renamed service as a replacement.
I prefer Intelligence that doesn't need a forwarding address in China.
The notice describes risks. It does not establish that every affected installation suffered a breach.
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!
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.