In October 2026, the US Department of Homeland Security ordered civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products from their IT systems

From the articleUS banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systemsAlso in Notice of Order Regarding Exclusion and Removal of DeepSeek Products from Federal Civilian Executive Branch Information Technology Systems and Procurements, US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues, US Moves to Bar DeepSeek From Federal Agencies and Contracts