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China Criticizes U.S. Ban on DeepSeek A.I. in Government Systems

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The response came after Homeland Security ordered the removal and exclusion of products developed by the Chinese company.

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Both outlets frame the story as a federal ban on DeepSeek in civilian agencies, with The Register and Engadget agreeing on the broad scope of the restriction. They diverge in emphasis: Engadget sticks to the Homeland Security decision and notes it came a couple of days after DeepSeek’s latest model, while The Register alone highlights the order as “unhelpfully vague and broad.”

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