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US bans federal agencies from buying DeepSeek AI products, quoted Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK

Karan Saini
22nd October 2026

DeepSeek is banned for use by employees and contractors of US civilian agencies by Homeland Security. OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock tells Computing that the ban was a significant setback for US technology companies, including Nvidia and Microsoft, which had backed an open letter on 24 July urging the government not to introduce restrictions on open AI models.

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