“Microsoft looks at whether Deepseek uses data from OpenAi”

That would have happened with the help of the so -called application programming interface, or API, from OpenAI. Software developers must pay for a license to use that API for the patented AI models from OpenAI in their own applications. Microsoft, the largest investor in OpenAi, has informed OpenAi of the activity.

The launch of the cheap chatbot of Deepseek caused a lot of commotion this week in the global tech sector. The AI ​​app of the Chinese company uses much fewer chips than similar chatbots such as chatgpt and performs surprisingly well with less computing power.

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Microsoft did not want to comment on the possible investigation into Deepseek. OpenAi and Deepseek were not immediately available for comment.

David Sacks, President Trump’s AI advisor, said on Tuesday in an interview with Fox News that there is “substantial evidence” that Deepseek has used data from OpenAi’s models to help develop his own technology. According to him, Deepseek used a technique called distillation, where an AI model used the results of another model for training purposes. “I don’t think OpenAi is very happy with this,” said Sacks, without specifying the evidence.