Federal Search Runs Distilled Qwen

A link reports that the U.S. Federal Register uses distilled Qwen models in its search mode. If true, that would be an explicit example of a federal agency embedding a foreign‑origin (China‑linked) model into a public information system, raising questions about provenance, security, and governance of government AI tools. — Government use of third‑party foreign models for public records search forces policy debates about procurement standards, model provenance, and national‑security risk in everyday public infrastructure.