CrowdStrike researchers analyzed AI infrastructure from four previously unreported threat groups operating between May and August, writing in Chinese, Spanish/English, Indonesian and Russian. Two built sophisticated AI 'harnesses' while two less technically advanced groups still compromised multiple targets, mostly relying on older versions of Anthropic's Claude and open-weight Deepseek models left exposed on public servers.
wired.com
· 2026-10-21
DeepSeek has launched DeepInfer, a new open-source platform designed to run inference for AI models. The tool adds to the Chinese company's push into open-source infrastructure, following its earlier open-weight model releases that rattled US AI labs.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-20
The US government has prohibited the use of DeepSeek, the Chinese AI chatbot, on government devices and networks. The move cites national security and data-privacy concerns tied to the app's Chinese ownership.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-20
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has directed federal civilian agencies to strip DeepSeek and any third-party products built on its technology from their IT systems, according to a notice dating from late July that was made public this week. The order also bars agencies from procuring DeepSeek products going forward, citing concerns that the Chinese company's servers could expose sensitive U.S. data to Chinese authorities. Beijing responded through Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, who said China would defend its companies' rights and accused Washington of politicizing technology issues under the guise of national security.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-20
The Department of Homeland Security has directed U.S. federal civilian agencies to stop buying and to remove products and services built on Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI, citing national security risks from data that could be accessed by Chinese authorities. The ban extends beyond DeepSeek's own tools to third-party products built on its technology, though agencies may seek exceptions. China's Foreign Ministry criticized the move as politicizing trade and technology issues.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-20
The Department of Homeland Security has issued an order requiring federal civilian agencies to stop procuring and remove DeepSeek products, affiliate offerings, and third-party tools built on DeepSeek technology from government systems. Agencies must request exceptions within 60 days, with CISA reviewing and approving or denying those requests. The order applies only to agencies under DHS authority and does not ban private or consumer use.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-20
DeepSeek has released DeepInfer, the inference framework it uses internally to serve its large-scale production systems, as an open-source project. The initial release supports the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash model and includes optimized kernels, parallelism strategies, speculative decoding, asynchronous scheduling, and batch-invariant deterministic inference.
github.com
· 2026-10-20
The Department of Homeland Security has directed US federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek's AI products from government systems and barred future purchases, including third-party tools built on DeepSeek's models. The order, dated late July but disclosed publicly on October 19, cites the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 and concerns about DeepSeek's China-based servers and potential vulnerabilities. China's Foreign Ministry called the move a politicization of trade and technology.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-20
The Department of Homeland Security publicized a directive requiring US federal civilian agencies to strip DeepSeek-related technology from their IT systems and halt future procurement of its products and services, including third-party tools built on the Chinese company's technology. Issued July 24, the order covers agencies like Treasury, State and Justice, but exempts the Pentagon, which already restricts the AI models.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-20
Chip startup Tenstorrent has closed a $1.5 billion funding round that values the company at $6.2 billion, more than double its $2.6 billion valuation from late 2024. The round was led by new firm Trace Capital and Innovation X, with Cadence Ventures, Eclipse, Fidelity, SanDisk, and T. Rowe Price also participating. CEO Jim Keller said the company chose to stay independent and raise capital after demonstrating its Galaxy servers could run DeepSeek models, with funds earmarked for chips tailored to open-weight AI and video generation workloads.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-19
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered all civilian federal agencies, including Treasury, State and Justice, to remove DeepSeek's AI models and any technology built using them. The order became effective at the end of July but was only publicly disclosed this week; Defense Department systems are exempt from the ban.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-10-19
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a notice in the Federal Register directing all federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek products and strip out any that are already installed on their IT systems. DHS cited risks that DeepSeek could transfer sensitive data on government employees and vendors to the Chinese government, and warned its models may contain malware or other security flaws. The order also bars DeepSeek from participating in federal contracts.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-19
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