The US trade department prohibits China's Deepseek via government units: 'Do not download, display, access'

“In order to keep the information systems of the Ministry of Commerce secure, access to the new Ai Deepseek based in China is largely prohibited for all GFE,” said a mass email to the employees about their equipment recorded by the government, as cited by Reuters.

“Do not download, look at all applications, desktop apps or websites that refer to Deepseek,” added.

Previously, US officials and congress members have expressed concerns about the risk of Deepseek for data protection and sensitive government information.

It could not be determined immediately to what extent the AI ​​tool was banned by the US government, the report added.

“Deepseek engineers handed over their passports in China. The AISTARTUP based in China, which contains the passports of some important employees at the beginning of this year after the publication of a top-class, inexpensive AI model.

Deepseek recently made headlines for its powerful and inexpensive AI model R1, as it positioned itself as the main competitor for US AI giants such as Open AI and Google Deepmind.