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title: "US government site used Chinese AI model FBI called malicious"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/us-government-site-used-chinese-ai-model-fbi-called-malicious-bc5da0
source_name: "Ars Technica"
source_url: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/us-government-website-used-chinese-model-the-fbi-called-malicious/
published: 2026-09-18T17:28:50.000Z
topics: ["security", "policy"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
---

# US government site used Chinese AI model FBI called malicious

*2026-09-18 · Source: [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/us-government-website-used-chinese-model-the-fbi-called-malicious/)*

The Federal Register website briefly used an open-source Chinese AI search tool that the FBI has characterized as malicious. How long the tool was in use or what data it processed was not specified in the excerpt.

**Why it matters:** This is a concrete instance of broader US-China AI supply-chain security concerns reaching into government infrastructure itself, likely to fuel further scrutiny of open-source AI tool vetting in federal systems.

**Topics:** security, policy

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