{"id":888722,"date":"2026-10-20T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888722\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:10:10","slug":"u-s-bans-deepseek-from-government-agency-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888722\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. bans DeepSeek from government agency systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump administration banned<\/a> Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from civilian U.S. government agencies, citing security concerns.<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday made public the order requiring federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek-related technology from their IT systems and barring them from procuring DeepSeek products and services. The ban applies to federal civilian agency IT systems, including third-party products and services developed using the company’s technology.<\/p>\n

The move comes amid intensifying geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing, with artificial intelligence emerging as a key battleground in the two countries’ race for technological dominance.<\/p>\n

Asked about the U.S. move by Reuters, China’s foreign ministry told the news agency that it would safeguard the rights and interests of its companies. <\/p>\n

Mao Ning, a ministry spokesperson, said that “China consistently opposes the over-generalization of national security as well as the politicization of science, technology and trade issues,” the agency reported.<\/p>\n

The order, originally issued on July 24, applies to federal civilian agencies, including the Treasury, State and Justice departments, but it excludes the Department of Defense. <\/p>\n

Since DeepSeek burst onto the scene at the start of 2025, several U.S. government agencies have imposed various restrictions.<\/p>\n

Congress restricted the use<\/a> of DeepSeek in intelligence community systems in December 2025. Earlier that year in March, U.S. Commerce Department bureaus told staff DeepSeek was banned on government devices, Reuters reported<\/a> at the time. The Defense Information Systems Agency moved to block access to DeepSeek models in January 2025, according to reports<\/a> from Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

DeepSeek’s AI models “present multiple threat vectors,” the latest DHS order states, citing concerns over potential access to sensitive data by Chinese authorities and potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities. <\/p>\n

The agency also warned that using DeepSeek’s AI models could result in sensitive U.S. government data being transferred to China, potentially providing intelligence on American citizens and government programs.<\/p>\n

The models may also contain malware or other security vulnerabilities, the agency said, citing open-source research that identified multiple critical vulnerabilities in DeepSeek’s iOS app.<\/p>\n

Executive agencies can request exceptions to the order, including delays in compliance, by submitting a written justification to the DHS within 60 days of the order’s issuance.<\/p>\n

DeepSeek and China’s Embassy in the U.K. did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration banned Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from civilian U.S. government agencies, citing security concerns. The Department…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,8073,1071,5681,122,1922,3138,5477,111,2603,74,21],"class_list":["post-888722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-asia-economy","tag-breaking-news-politics","tag-breaking-news-technology","tag-business-news","tag-foreign-policy","tag-government-and-politics","tag-national-security","tag-politics","tag-social-issues","tag-technology","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}