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OpenAI Accuses Chinese Rival of Stealing AI Model Data
Above: The 'deepseek' logo is displayed on a phone screen on Jan. 30, 2025. Image copyright: Omer Taha Cetin/Anadolu via Getty images
The Spin
Narrative A
Chinese companies are systematically attempting to exploit US technology through unauthorized access to leading AI models. The sophisticated nature of DeepSeek's alleged data extraction through API manipulation represents a serious threat to American technological leadership and intellectual property rights. This incident demonstrates the critical need for stronger protections of US AI capabilities against foreign competitors.
Narrative B
The efficiency demonstrated by DeepSeek's model development process represents a legitimate technological advancement and challenges the assumption that building advanced AI requires massive resources. The accusations also appear hypocritical given OpenAI's own history of training models on data without explicit consent, and the company may be attempting to maintain market dominance by discrediting legitimate competition.