On my previous article on DeepSeek, I receive overwhelming response from whole AI community thanks everyone for the same. I???m just amazed to read one news that Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating a potential breach of the AI firm???s system by a group allegedly linked to Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is that true if yes, then can it be a sign of scaredness. Is MS & OpenAI scared of popularism of DeepSeek?
According to Bloomberg, the investigation stems from suspicious data extraction activity detected in late 2024 via OpenAI???s application programming interface (API), sparking broader concerns over international AI competition.
David Sacks, the White House???s newly appointed ???crypto and AI czar,??? alleged that DeepSeek may have employed questionable methods to achieve its AI???s capabilities. In an interview with Fox News, Sacks noted evidence suggesting that DeepSeek had used ???distillation??? to train its AI models using outputs from OpenAI???s systems.
???There???s substantial evidence that what DeepSeek did here is they distilled knowledge out of OpenAI???s models, and I don???t think OpenAI is very happy about this,??? Sacks told the network.
OpenAI declined to comment specifically on the accusations against DeepSeek but acknowledged the broader risk posed by model distillation, particularly by Chinese companies.
???We know PRC-based companies ??? and others ??? are constantly trying to distill the models of leading US AI companies,??? a spokesperson for OpenAI told Bloomberg.
I think besides coming on any results, we should wait & see for more allegations from both side or any concrete statement from OpenAI