Big intellectual property theft by DeepSeek? ChatGPT owner OpenAI says it has solid proof that the Chinese start-up used its technology to create a competing AI model

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has now launched a bombastic claim that DeepSeek AI's models were developed using the proprietary technology of their company's products and services. This sudden claim has raised concerns about intellectual property theft in the AI industry, which is one of the fastest-growing markets at this point.

OpenAI claims DeepSeek used a unique process to train from ChatGPT

According to a New York Post report, OpenAI suspects that DeepSeek used a 'distillation' process to build its own AI model. This kind of process makes smaller AI models perform better and faster than larger models as they only learn the best from it, and do away with anything that is not necessary.

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However, this is a rather common practice for any AI model development technique, but OpenAI believes that DeepSeek AI may have broken intellectual property rules and regulations in place while training and developing their AI model.

Microsoft researchers' suspect insiders helped DeepSeek

The issue came to the forefront when Microsoft's security researchers found that there were some individuals who were harvesting AI-related data from OpenAI's ChatGPT and helping DeepSeek. As soon as Microsoft informed OpenAI about this possible violation, both companies began investigating any kind of unauthorized activity that could have happened to help DeepSeek get ahead in this AI race.

FAQs:

Has Microsoft invested in OpenAI?
Microsoft has reportedly invested billions into OpenAI and has been one of the major drivers of the company in this AI race.

Has OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 been launched yet?
Yes, OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 AI model has already been launched, and is available to use.