Foreign Ministry responds to US demand to stop using DeepSeek

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The United States restricts DeepSeek and other Chinese companies; China says it will take necessary measures in response

On the 19th, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civil administrative agencies to remove DeepSeek technology from their information technology systems and prohibited future procurement of products and services from DeepSeek and its affiliated companies; the ban also extends to third-party products that use DeepSeek technology. On the same day, the U.S. Department of State, under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act, sanctioned five Chinese entities, including Shanghai Zhisuan Technology and MiraclePlus, on grounds of trade secret theft. On the 20th, China's Ministry of Commerce responded twice, expressing strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition, urging the U.S. to correct its erroneous practices, and otherwise stating it will take necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of Chinese companies.

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security requires federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered federal civilian agencies to immediately stop procuring DeepSeek products and services and to remove them from government information technology systems; the order applies to civilian executive branch agencies, excludes national security systems, and does not restrict public use of DeepSeek. DHS says the DeepSeek model has multiple threat vectors, with reasons including servers located in China, account registration collecting personally identifiable information, multiple critical vulnerabilities found in the iOS app, and prompt interactions potentially allowing sensitive data to leak out. China's Ministry of Commerce responded that it consistently opposes over-broadening the concept of national security and politicizing science, technology and trade issues, and stated it will take all necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.

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BBC Chinese

US Department of Homeland Security Orders Ban on DeepSeek in Government Systems

The US Department of Homeland Security has prohibited civilian government agencies from using DeepSeek and technology derived from its models. The order was announced on October 19 but had already taken effect at the end of July. The ban applies to civilian agencies such as the Treasury Department, the State Department, and the Department of Justice, while agencies under the Department of Defense are not covered. BBC has contacted the Department of Homeland Security, DeepSeek, and the Chinese Embassy in the United States to request comment.

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US bans federal civilian agencies from using DeepSeek technology

The US Department of Homeland Security has made public an order signed on July 24 requiring federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek-related technology from their IT systems and prohibiting the procurement of its products and services. The ban also applies to third-party products developed using DeepSeek technology, but does not include the Department of Defense. The order states that DeepSeek models carry risks such as data outflow and cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and that administrative agencies may submit written explanations to the Department of Homeland Security within 60 days of the order's issuance to apply for an exemption or extension. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded by stating its opposition to overgeneralizing national security and politicizing science, technology and trade issues.

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US Department of Homeland Security bans federal civilian agencies from using DeepSeek and related products

The US Department of Homeland Security publicly issued a ban on October 19, requiring US federal civilian executive agencies to stop procuring DeepSeek-related products and services and to remove DeepSeek-related products from existing information technology systems, including third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek solutions. According to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency list, federal civilian executive agencies include 102 agencies such as the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Department of State, and the Department of Agriculture. DeepSeek had previously been banned by the US Department of Commerce, congressional offices, the Pentagon, NASA, the US Navy and other departments; this time the ban has been expanded to all US federal civilian agencies.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security requires civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek and its derivative products

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to the 2018 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, requires U.S. civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek and DeepSeek-related products, as well as third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek, from information technology systems. DHS states that DeepSeek's hosted models store data on servers in China, with every prompt and response passing through that service, and that the data may be combined with public information to form actionable intelligence targeting U.S. personnel and government programs; for model weights running on U.S. servers, the ban relies on warnings that the models may contain malware or other vulnerabilities. Exceptions require an application submitted 60 days in advance with sufficient justification, and systems in national security systems and secure isolated information systems are outside the scope of the order; the only Chinese model named in the order is DeepSeek, while Kimi and Qwen face similar distillation allegations.

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US Department of Homeland Security bans civilian government agencies from using DeepSeek

The US Department of Homeland Security has ordered the removal of DeepSeek-related technology from most government systems, prohibiting civilian government agencies from using DeepSeek and any technology built with its models; the ban takes effect at the end of July, and agencies under the Department of Defense are not included. The report notes that DeepSeek said last year that training the initial version of its model cost about $6 million, while OpenAI's GPT-4-related costs were about $100 million, and that US companies such as Snowflake, Vercel, and OpenRouter have also integrated DeepSeek into their products.