OpenAI is examining whether Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek improperly obtained data from its models to build a popular new AI assistant, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill.

The ChatGPT maker said it is “reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled” its models. Distillation is a technique used to transfer the knowledge of a large model to a smaller model.

“We know that groups in the [People’s Republic of China] are actively working to use methods, including what’s known as distillation, to try to replicate advanced U.S. AI models,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

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