OpenAI Says China Competitor DeepSeek Used ChatGPT Data To Train Its Rival AI Model
ChatGPT creator OpenAI alleged that Chinese AI rival DeepSeek used its proprietary models to train its own open-source rival. The San Francisco-based firm said that it has found evidence of “distillation,” which it suspects comes from DeepSeek, the Financial Times reported. Investigation Launched For Potential DeepSeek IP Breach Amid Growing Evidence US President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar David Sacks said yesterday that there is “substantial evidence” that DeepSeek relied on the output of OpenAI’s models to develop its own competing technology. In an interview with Fox News, he said that it looks like the Chinese firm used ChatGPT’s output to train its model. People familiar with the matter also said that Microsoft, one of OpenAI’s biggest investors, has launched an investigation into the potential IP breach, Bloomberg reported. In the fall, researchers at Microsoft noticed that individuals believed to be linked to Deep...