It's a claim that OpenAI itself has alluded to, telling CNBC in a statement Wednesday that it is reviewing reports DeepSeek may have "inappropriately" used output data from its models to develop their AI model, a method referred to as "distillation."
"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," an OpenAI spokesperson