In a recent development, OpenAI has raised concerns that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek may have improperly utilized its proprietary technology to develop a competing AI model. The primary allegation centers on DeepSeek’s use of a technique called “distillation,” where a smaller AI model is trained to replicate the behavior of a larger, more advanced model. While distillation is a common practice in AI development, OpenAI contends that DeepSeek’s application of this method may have violated its terms of service, which prohibit using OpenAI’s outputs to create competing models.
