Microsoft probing whether DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI APIs

Romain Dillet writing for TechCrunch:

According to security researchers working for Microsoft, the Chinese company behind the R1 reasoning model may have exfiltrated a large amount of data using OpenAI’s API in the fall of 2024. Microsoft, which also happens to be OpenAI’s largest shareholder, notified OpenAI of the suspicious activity.

While anyone can sign up and access OpenAI’s API, the company’s terms of service stipulate that you can’t use the output to train a new AI model.

Imagine being upset that the data you stole to make your product was stolen by someone else to make a better product.

The hypocrisy is thick with this one.