DHS orders civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and services
Andrew Curran reports that DHS is requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and any third-party services built on DeepSeek implementations, and to stop procuring them, citing a Federal Register public-inspection document. Dean Ball replied 'lol'; Samuel Hammond approved, joking about DeepSeek-derived 'sleeper agents' in critical infrastructure. Kelsey Piper noted an earlier Anthropic ban had drawn criticism for not restricting Chinese models. Detailed safety discussion has not yet followed.
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- The Department of Homeland Security is requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and 'any third-party services developed using DeepSeek implementations,' and to stop buying them.
187 likes · 34 reposts - I remember when they banned Anthropic a bunch of people pointed out that they hadn't even restricted the Chinese models1 likes · 0 reposts
- Good. Better to do this now before DeepSeek-derived sleeper agents are embedded across critical infrastructure and start running rampant following a pre-programmed date change or something.@andrewcurran_: The Department of Homeland Security is requiring all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and 'any third-party services developed using DeepSeek implementations,' and to stop buying them. open on X23 likes · 2 reposts
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- Dean Ball vindicated once again!6 likes · 0 reposts
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- There are no carveouts.0 likes · 0 reposts
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