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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin originally signed the order on July 24
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DHS cited national security concerns about DeepSeek's Chinese operations, including the possibility that government employees could enter sensitive information that could be transmitted to servers in China.
Key facts
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin originally signed the order on July 24, under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018
- DeepInfer currently supports DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, a 552-billion-parameter model introduced in September that activates only a fraction of its parameters for individual tasks
- DeepInfer is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, permitting commercial modification and redistribution
- The US government ordered federal agencies to remove DeepSeek technology and extended restrictions to third-party products built using its AI models
Summary
01 The US ordered federal agencies to remove DeepSeek technology, extending the restriction to third-party products built using its AI models. 02 DeepSeek responded by open-sourcing its production AI infrastructure, allowing businesses to deploy its models independently and potentially cut costs. 03 The release could expand DeepSeek's global reach, but US restrictions threaten its adoption among federal contractors and technology suppliers. The US government ordered federal agencies to remove DeepSeek technology and extended restrictions to third-party products built using its AI models. On Oct. 20, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the directive, requiring federal civilian agencies to eliminate the Chinese company's products from their information technology systems and prohibiting future purchases.