Oct 20, 2026
A Federal Register notice publishes the order excluding DeepSeek products from federal civilian procurement and requiring removal of covered technology, including third-party products built using DeepSeek implementations.
The public notice exposes the scope of a federal AI supply-chain restriction. The underlying signed order dates to July 24, 2026; October 20 is the notice publication date. The restriction concerns covered federal civilian systems, rather than a public nationwide ban.