DeepSeek AI tools banned from US government agency systems as rift with China grows
THE SO WHAT
Labeling DeepSeek as having “multiple threat vectors” and banning it from US agency systems formalizes AI tools as a national security boundary, not just a procurement choice. If you sell AI into regulated or public sectors, expect origin, supply chain, and data routing scrutiny to tighten—country-of-origin is now a feature, not a footnote.
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