
OpenAI now wants to make DeepSeek look like the villain
CNNA version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Wednesday that the company is “aware of and reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled our models, and will share information as we know more.” “Distilling” isn’t exactly stealing, but it is a kind of copycat maneuver used by developers to train smaller AI models on the performance of larger, more sophisticated ones. The irony might have been best summed up in a headline from tech news site 404 Media: “OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us.” Some prominent tech figures greeted the allegations from OpenAI with a shrug, noting that distilling is practically standard practice in the AI industry. “If DeepSeek trained its model by querying ChatGPT at scale and using the responses to teach its own model, it raises legitimate concerns about whether that constitutes unauthorized use of OpenAI’s API,” Kass said. “Regardless of the specifics here, we’re entering a phase where the AI community will have to define clearer norms around what constitutes fair use versus unauthorized replication.” CNN’s Clare Duffy contributed to this report.
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