DHS Orders Federal Agencies to Remove Chinese AI Company DeepSeek Products

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has mandated the removal of all products and third-party services from the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek Ltd. from federal civilian agency IT systems. The order, published in the Federal Register, cites 'multiple threat vectors' that could provide the Chinese Communist Party with extensive access to American government infrastructure and potentially facilitate the transfer of sensitive data. This action follows previous concerns regarding DeepSeek's privacy policy and its R1 AI model's performance against American rivals.