OpenAI said that Chinese lab DeepSeek may have used OpenAI model outputs 'inappropriately.'
OpenAI has been accused of using copyrighted content to train their own AI models.
Some AI experts believe that the complaints against DeepSeek are hypocritical considering OpenAI's success in using content they did not have permission to use.
OpenAI is being sued by authors who claim this is breaking copyright law by using their books to train their AI models.
DeepSeek may be using OpenAI outputs in the process of distillation, a technique used to extract intelligence and create new models.
Some AI researchers believe DeepSeek used outputs from OpenAI's new reasoning model to create synthetic data to improve its own models.
The rise of DeepSeek and the 'training data free-for-all' have resulted in backfiring on OpenAI.
The use of copyrighted and original content without permission is being fought in court with a dispute over fair use.
'Fair use' doctrine may apply to both OpenAI and DeepSeek in these situations.
This reckoning may encourage data creators to demand appropriate credit and compensation for their content.