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

The US government has banned the Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek from government use, according to BBC Technology, as technology tensions between the US and China continue. DeepSeek is described as a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive AI model developed in China. The reported ban restricts US government agencies from using the Chinese model.

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US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues
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[BBC Technology](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology)
[DeepSeek](https://www.machinebrief.com/compare/llama-4-vs-deepseek-r1)is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive

[artificial intelligence](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/artificial-intelligence)model out of China.

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