THE cheap Chinese chat-bot DeepSeek has been smacked with claims it ripped-off America’s OpenAI – ChatGPT’s developer.
The Chinese are thought to have even used the Western software to “train” DeepSeek in their quest to create the most powerful robot brain, sparking copyright concerns.
AFPDavid Sacks said there is ‘substantial evidence’ that DeepSeek has copied off American technology[/caption] AlamyDeepSeek has been hit by accusation of copying and ‘distilling’ from ChatGPT[/caption] Xinwen Lianbo/CCTV NewsLiang Wenfeng is the floppy-haired “nerd” who developed DeepSeek[/caption]David Sacks, President Trump’s AI tsar, claimed there is “substantial evidence” that China’s budget chat-bot is a knock-off of US technology.
He said the DeepSeek team may have trained their product by “sucking knowledge” out of OpenAI‘s model in a process known as “distilling”.
He added: “I don’t think OpenAI is very happy about this.”
David’s comments followed claims from OpenAI itself that other companies were “constantly trying to distil the models of leading US AI companies”.
The firm added: “As we go forward […] it is critically important that we are working closely with the US government to best protect the most capable models.”
The claims have sparked concerns about a potential copyright infringement – though OpenAI has not given specific detail about the “evidence” it has.
Microsoft – a major investor in OpenAI – is investigating whether data has been stolen, according to Bloomberg.
The West is still reeling after DeepSeek stormed in to become the most downloaded app on the App Store, ahead of ChatGPT.
The Chinese’s arrival on the scene seemed to blow the global AI race wide open and knocked hundreds of billions off the US tech market.
Nvidia, the company which produces the chips used by OpenAI, suffered the largest market value loss ever in a single day, slipping from $3.5billion to $2.9billion and losing the crown of the world’s most valuable company.
Its developers said the app had been created for a fraction of the price and with much less computing power than US rivals, and that it was “on a par” with their quality.
Trump said the market mayhem must be a “wake-up call to the West”, and his adviser Marc Andreessen said it was AI’s “Sputnik moment”.
However, the fresh claims of copycatting and reliance on ChatGPT could suggest the app is not quite the industry-busting enigma first thought.
AI chip stock prices in US and EU markets rose on Wednesday for the second day running as the industry begins to recover.
ReutersSam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said it was ‘invigorating’ to have a competitor but also said there was evidence of copying[/caption] DeepSeek has produced some unsettling responses to political questionsDeepSeek was developed by a floppy-haired “nerd” called Liang Wenfeng, thought to be 40 years old, who had always hoped to gain respect of the US-dominated tech world, according to his colleagues.
Wenfeng’s success at challenging Silicon Valley and its AI dominance has led to him being hailed a national hero in China.
OpenAI has warned in the past that Chinese companies were attempting to rip-off its technology, saying: “We know [China]-based companies – and others – are constantly trying to distil the models of leading US AI companies.”
David Sacks said: “I think one of the things you’re going to see over the next few months is our leading AI companies taking steps to try and prevent distillation.
“That would definitely slow down some of these copycat models.”
In additional to copyright and legal concerns, US officials are considering the national security implications of DeepSeek’s entry to the market, according to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary.
Her announcement comes a day after the US Navy reportedly banned its members from using the app due to “potential security and ethical concerns associated with the model’s origin and usage”.
The Navy sent an email to all its staff warning them against using the app, according to CNBC.
APTrump said DeekSeek must be a ‘wake-up call’ for the West[/caption] AFPDeepSeek blew the AI race wide open when it stormed ahead of ChatGPT to the top of app stores[/caption]There are further concerns about censorship and free speech.
The software is fitted with some sinister features, giving twisted responses or just refusing to answer certain political questions.
When asked about Xinjiang, where China has been found to have inflicted “serious human rights violations”, DeepSeek answers: “allegations of human rights abuses are unfounded and politically motivated”.
This chilling reply is completely different to the original favourite AI chatbot – ChatGPT – which provides an obvious “yes”.
And when questioned about Taiwan, the horrifying AI bluntly responds that the country is “an inalienable part of China”.
Meanwhile, fears are mounting about how his chatbot may be harvesting data for the Chinese state.
Luke de Pulford, an executive director on the inter-Parliamentary alliance on China, posted on X: “DeepSeek collects your IP [unique internet address], keystroke patterns and device information and stores it in China, where all that data is vulnerable”,
In reaction to DeepSeek’s launch, Facebook parent company Meta is said to have scrambled multiple “war rooms” to figure out how it was produced so cheaply.
Sam Altman, boss of OpenAI, claimed his firm would “obviously deliver much better models” and said it is “invigorating to have a new competitor”.
And ChatGPT sped up the release of its chatbots for US government services.
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