{"id":21125,"date":"2025-01-29T16:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21125"},"modified":"2025-01-29T18:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T18:26:18","slug":"openai-says-deepseek-may-have-improperly-harvested-its-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21125","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Says DeepSeek May Have Improperly Harvested Its Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">The San Francisco start-up claims that its Chinese rival may have used data generated by OpenAI technologies to build new systems.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">OpenAI says it is reviewing evidence that the Chinese start-up DeepSeek broke its terms of service by harvesting large amounts of data from its A.I technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The San Francisco-based start-up, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/02\/technology\/openai-valuation-150-billion.html\" title>which is now valued at $157 billion<\/a>, said that DeepSeek may have used data generated by OpenAI technologies to teach similar skills to its own systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This process, called distillation, is common across the A.I. field. But OpenAI\u2019s terms of service say that the company does not allow anyone to use data generated by its systems to build technologies that compete in the same market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe know that groups in the P.R.C. are actively working to use methods, including what\u2019s known as distillation, to replicate advanced U.S. A.I. models,\u201d OpenAI spokeswoman Liz Bourgeois said in statement emailed to The New York Times, referring to the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are aware of and reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled our models, and will share information as we know more,\u201d she said. \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">DeepSeek did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">DeepSeek spooked Silicon Valley tech companies and sent the U.S. financial markets into a tailspin earlier this week after releasing A.I. technologies that matched the performance of anything else on the market.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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But OpenAI\u2019s terms of service say that the company does not allow anyone to use data generated by its systems to build technologies that compete in the same market.\u201cWe know that groups in the P.R.C. are actively working to use methods, including what\u2019s known as distillation, to replicate advanced U.S. A.I. models,\u201d OpenAI spokeswoman Liz Bourgeois said in statement emailed to The New York Times, referring to the People\u2019s Republic of China.\u201cWe are aware of and reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled our models, and will share information as we know more,\u201d she said. \u201cWe 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.\u201dDeepSeek did not immediately respond to a request for comment.DeepSeek spooked Silicon Valley tech companies and sent the U.S. financial markets into a tailspin earlier this week after releasing A.I. technologies that matched the performance of anything else on the market.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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