Irony of ironies: Authors and artists have accused OpenAI of stealing their content to 'train' its bots--but now OpenAI is accusing a Chinese company of stealing its content to train its bots.
The unveiling Monday of a Chinese-made AI bot that seems cheaper, more efficient and in some ways more accurate than American-grown versions certainly kicked up a fuss in the AI space. Nvidia, the maker of the high-priced chips indispensable for AI development, lost nearly $600 billion, or 17%, in stock market value, the largest one-day market drop for any U.S. stock, ever. The loss wiped out the previous record, a $279-billion loss suffered last September by, yes, Nvidia.
' An OpenAI spokesperson told me by email that it's aware that Chinese firms 'are actively working to use methods, including what’s known as distillation, to try to replicate advanced U.S. AI models. We are aware of and reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled our models.' The firm didn't respond to my request for comment on whether it is accusing DeepSeek of doing what OpenAI has been accused of.
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