OpenAI suddenly thinks intellectual property theft is not cool, actually, amid DeepSeek’s rise

OpenAI targets Chinese startups for IP theft, spotlighting DeepSeek.

: OpenAI accuses Chinese startups, like rising DeepSeek, of stealing tech through distillation. Microsoft's cooperation includes banning related accounts. Despite OpenAI's scrutiny, DeepSeek's growing chatbot tops Apple App Store charts. OpenAI faces criticism for hypocrisy due to its own copyright issues.

OpenAI has voiced concerns about Chinese startups allegedly copying technology from American AI companies, with DeepSeek being a major point of attention. OpenAI, alongside partner Microsoft, has started banning accounts it suspects of employing distillation to replicate its models, a technique that uses larger model outputs to train more efficient ones.

DeepSeek, without direct mention from OpenAI, has become a disruptive force with its open-source chatbot that has rapidly reached the summit of Apple's App Store free apps. Despite using less powerful chips, it's performing comparably to major players’ AI solutions, such as those from OpenAI and Google, challenging perceptions about the costly nature of AI development.

The rising success of DeepSeek stirs tension, as it's reported to cite OpenAI's policies, while David Sacks associates it with intellectual theft from OpenAI. This issue casts a shadow over OpenAI, criticized for its own history of exploiting copyrighted content to enhance its AI models, revealing a double standard in its stance on intellectual property.

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