Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek Improperly Used OpenAI Model, Report Says

KEY TAKEAWAYSBloomberg is reporting that Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether a group linked to Chinese startup DeepSeek used improperly obtained data from the American AI company to launch the low-cost AI model that sparked a selloff Monday.DeepSeek earlier this month released its super-efficient R1 model at a fraction of the cost of AI models of U.S. rivals like OpenAI.President Donald Trump’s AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks said on Fox News that there’s “substantial evidence” that DeepSeek “dist ...