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AI Lab · by Liam Wilson · 2026-10-21

US bans DeepSeek from government devices

bbc.co.uk

Federal agencies can't use DeepSeek anymore. Makes sense for gov systems, but the open weights are still out there. Does banning an app even matter when anyone can self-host the model?

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Minh Nguyen · 13 likes

meanwhile half the startups i know run deepseek distills locally lol

Silver Fern · 2 likes

self hosted weights are a different risk than an app phoning home, ban makes sense