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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chan Ho-Him

China defends DeepSeek after US ban of its AI from government systems

US China DeepSeek - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

China hit back Tuesday at a U.S. ban on Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek's products for federal civilian agencies, highlighting friction in the two AI powers’ heated technology race.

The agencies should remove DeepSeek and its affiliated products, as well as third party products and services developed using DeepSeek, from their IT systems, the Department of Homeland Security said in a notice made public on Monday.

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