US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"

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What happened

The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.

Key facts

  • Reported by Ars Technica and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:28:50 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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  • Availability, pricing and rollout regions
  • Independent testing or verification of the claims made
  • Responses from regulators and competing platforms

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  1. Microsoft executive called OpenAI's web scraping the 'largest theft of labor in human history'

  2. Second Circuit Allows Government to Search Electronic Devices at the Border

  3. Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount

  4. US Treasuries Have Become Unappetizing for Foreign Central Banks and Governments

  5. US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"

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