US Moves to Bar DeepSeek From Federal Agencies and Contracts
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Barring DeepSeek from US civilian agencies makes AI procurement explicitly geopolitical and will ripple into vendor risk assessments. If you sell into government—or build on vendors that do—expect more origin-based scrutiny of models, data, and ownership.
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