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David Sacks claims there’s ‘substantial evidence’ that DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own


David Sacks said there's evidence that DeepSeek 'distilled' knowledge from OpenAI's models, a process that Sacks equated to theft.

Sacks, who didn’t cite the source of this “evidence,” suggested that DeepSeek used responses from OpenAI models to train its own. DeepSeek, which went viral this week for its openly available, highly performant models and free chat apps, is being looked at with increasing scrutiny by U.S. government officials. The U.S. Navy has also reportedly banned the use of DeepSeek’s AI, citing “potential security and ethical concerns.”

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