DHS Filed DeepSeek Ban 28 Days After Agencies Lost Right to Request Exceptions
· Source: techtimes.com
In short
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed an exclusion and removal order banning DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, from all 430 federal civilian executive branch agencies, due to security and compliance risks under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA). The order requires removal of DeepSeek products and those developed using its AI models, highlighting challenges in auditing development-time use of open-weight AI models. Agencies missed the 60-day exception request window, complicating compliance relief efforts.
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