DeepSeek · Nvidia · China · New York · FCC · Decrypt
Deepseek is an open source model that can run locally or hosted by any provider, not China based
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For example, Perplexity runs its own servers located in the United States.
Key facts
- DeepSeek, a Hangzhou-based startup, became a household name on Jan
- The same committee said DeepSeek may have used about 60,000 Nvidia chips, including 20,000 restricted under U.S. export controls, the rules that bar selling the most advanced AI chips to China
- The Commerce Department and the Navy previously banned DeepSeek on government devices, and New York, Tennessee and Virginia have taken similar steps
- The notice lands in the middle of a wider federal push against Chinese technology as the Federal Communications Commission votes on October 29 on barring all Chinese labs from testing electronics
Summary
DHS directed U.S. civilian agencies on Monday to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built on the model from their IT systems, and barred new purchases. The notice says DeepSeek use "may result in the transfer of sensitive data to the PRC" and could produce intelligence on U.S. persons and agencies. The Commerce Department, the Navy, New York, Tennessee and Virginia had already restricted DeepSeek; the FCC votes October 29 on barring Chinese labs from testing electronics for U.S. use. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered civilian government agencies on Monday to remove DeepSeek, China’s best-known AI chatbot, from their computer systems and to stop buying it, along with any outside service built on top of it. DHS says the models pose “multiple threat vectors,” meaning several separate ways things can go wrong.