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01/29/2025
Microsoft Investigates DeepSeek-Tied Group’s Access to OpenAI Data
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Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly investigating whether OpenAI’s data was improperly accessed by a group tied to DeepSeek.
As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Jan. 28), sources familiar with the matter say Microsoft security researchers in the fall discovered people who could be tied to DeepSeek withdrawing a large amount of data using OpenAI’s application programming interface (API).
Microsoft, OpenAI’s partner and biggest investor, notified the startup of the activity, the sources said. This activity could be a violation of OpenAI’s terms of service or could indicate the group attempted to remove OpenAI’s limits on how much data they could obtain, the sources said.
The news follows the recent release of DeepSeek’s open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model R-1, which the Chinese company says can rival or surpass those developed or backed by America’s tech giants, while being constructed for a sliver of the cost.
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