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Homeland Security bans DeepSeek use in federal civilian agencies

Engadget By staff@engadget.com (Jackson Chen) Oct 19, 2026 · 11:59 AM 5 views 0 comments

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The decision comes a couple of days after the release of Deepseek's latest AI model.

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