Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating if DeepSeek accessed data without permission, with reports suggesting DeepSeek used OpenAI’s API to transfer large data volumes. Microsoft suspects the stolen data helped “distill” ChatGPT’s knowledge into DeepSeek’s R1 model,

Sources at Open AI believe DeepSeek unlawfully distilled data from ChatGPT, Open AI and Microsoft begin investigation.

OpenAI claims that DeepSeek has infringed on its intellectual property for its AI model, and the US Navy bans the Chinese model.