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OpenAI accuses Chinese competitor DeepSeek of stealing data, internet digs into the irony

OpenAI accuses Chinese competitor DeepSeek of stealing data, internet digs into the irony

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OpenAI alleged Wednesday that DeepSeek — its newly ascendant Chinese competitor in the AI space — might have used a process called distillation to incorporate OpenAI’s abilities to train its model. Basically, OpenAI openly wondered if DeepSeek stole data from them.

It’s unclear if that’s actually the case, but it’s certainly made headlines. And folks online loved it because OpenAI built its whole business by scraping the entirety of the internet to train its model. Lawsuits have alleged ChatGPT rips copyrighted information verbatim.

Naturally, this sort of irony led to the internet making jokes at OpenAI’s expense. The schadenfreude was strong.

OpenAI: China stole our tech!!

Luddites: Oh weird how’d you make your tech in the first place

OpenAI: 😡

— Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) January 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM

oooohhh improperly obtained data you say?

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— Mike Drucker (@mikedrucker.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM

Seeing openAI complaining that their work has been stolen is objectively hilarious.

— JayIsPainting (@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca) January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM

OpenAI scraped the internet and copyrighted material, and now it’s suddenly concerned about plagiarism ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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— Tom Warren (@tomwarren.co.uk) January 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM

I’m so sorry I can’t stop laughing. OpenAI, the company built on stealing literally the entire internet, is crying because DeepSeek may have trained on the outputs from ChatGPT. They’re crying their eyes out. What a bunch of hypocritical little babies. Cry more, freaks.

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— Ed Zitron (@edzitron.com) January 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM

OpenAI might be upset about the situation, but if it wanted any pity from the internet, they’re fresh out of luck.

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 Many people on the internet joked about OpenAI after the company complained about DeepSeek allegedly stealing data from them.