OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of using its work AI giant OpenAI claims it has evidence DeepSeek used its work to develop its seemingly revolutionary DeepSeek AI models released earlier this month.
OpenAI is estimated to have spent $80m to $100m (£64m to £80m) developing its GPT-4 AI model, while DeepSeek’s white paper on the development of its latest models provides a lower estimate of costs of just $6m (£4.8m).
Tech investor David Sacks, recently appointed as Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, told Fox News he believes “it’s possible” IP theft was involved in DeepSeek’s development.
OpenAI has been sued by multiple newspapers, book publishers, music rights organisations, authors and other media bodies across the world for the way its AI steals human-made content in the training process.
It says Microsoft’s security team has identified a group with links to DeepSeek that ran large amounts of data through OpenAI's APIs.
