US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues

BBC Technology Monday 19 October 2026, 18:21 UTC 1 min read

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DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.

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US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues

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