US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks

	US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks(reuters.com)
	524 points by giuliomagnifico 119 days ago \| 586 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↓Users praise DeepSeek as affordable and effective, undermining the case for blacklisting ↓Blacklisting is hypocritical protectionism contradicting free market principles ↓US is becoming authoritarian like the China it claims to oppose •Entity List restrictions are largely ineffective given China's independence from US tech ↑Chinese open models are a strategic ploy to build dependence and sympathy in the West