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Michael Kratsios

Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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    US bars civilian federal agencies from using DeepSeek AI, citing data risks

    The Department of Homeland Security ordered civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and stop buying them, in an order made public on Monday, 19 October. The restrictions also reach tools from other companies that are built on DeepSeek's models.

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Gaza’s kitchens cut back

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Russian overnight strikes damaged more than 10 energy facilities across Ukraine, leaving at least 550,000 households without electricity. Kyiv said Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles at the capital and used more than 200 drones.

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No new findings; only a signal event adding turnout and arrest figures for French protests already covered in the chronicle.

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