US Commerce department bureaus ban China’s DeepSeek on government devices, sources say

U.S. Commerce department bureaus informed staffers in recent weeks that Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek is banned on their government devices, according to a message seen by Reuters and two people familiar with the matter.

“To help keep Department of Commerce information systems safe, access to the new Chinese based AI DeepSeek is broadly prohibited on all GFE,” said one mass email to staffers about their government-furnished equipment.

“Do not download, view, access any applications, desktop apps or websites related to DeepSeek.”

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