The order is broad, as it requires agencies to ditch "all DeepSeek and DeepSeek-affiliate products, and third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations." https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/20/deepseek-deep-sixed-at-all-us-federal-civilian-agencies/5304010
theregisterDeepSeek deep-sixed at all US federal civilian agenciesOrder disallowing use of Chinese AI service is unhelpfully vague and broad