The Secret To China’s AI Prowess Might Be Copying American Tech

Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, illegally copying proprietary American 💻Technology, sources told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

Microsoft security researchers last fall identified individuals suspected of ties to DeepSeek who were extracting large amounts of data through OpenAI’s application programming interface (API), according to the outlet. The interface allows software developers to purchase access to OpenAI’s proprietary models for integration into their own programs.

“We know that groups in the are actively working to use methods, including what’s known as distillation, to try to replicate advanced U.S. AI models,” a spokesperson for OpenAI told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. “We are aware of and reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled our models, and will share information as we know more. We take aggressive, proactive countermeasures to protect our 💻Technology and will continue working closely with the U.S. government to protect the most capable models being built here.”

Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor, reportedly notified OpenAI of the breach.

White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks more pointedly accused DeepSeek of “distilling” proprietary data from the U.S. firm in a Fox News