---
title: "DeepSeek stole our tech... says OpenAI"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/deepseek-stole-our-tech-says-openai-xusi6gmam
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpwoGjpYygI
type: video:youtube
source: "Fireship"
published: 2025-01-29T20:51:51.959Z
updated: 2025-01-29T20:54:22.466Z
tags: ["tech-news", "ai", "machine-learning", "open-source", "privacy"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 328
comments: 21
language: en
---

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# DeepSeek stole our tech... says OpenAI

**[Fireship](https://daily.dev/sources/fireship)** · 4 min read · 328 upvotes · 21 comments

## Summary

OpenAI has accused DeepSeek of intellectual property theft, claiming that DeepSeek used OpenAI's outputs to fine-tune its models, a process known as distillation. This accusation comes as a second Chinese model enters the competition, creating a China vs. China AI race. Despite these controversies, open-source AI models are gaining traction, allowing developers to create innovative products. Privacy concerns have also been raised regarding the use of DeepSeek.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpwoGjpYygI>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@tanotech** · 27 upvotes

> They should have named it CloseAI to avoid such misunderstanding :rofl:

**@cndungu** · 12 upvotes

> Best comment I've read today is this:
> "I simply love how OpenAI lost it's job to the AI before I lost my job to the AI"

**@stevengraziano** · 11 upvotes

> Chinese stealing and copying things? That never happens!!!

**@vvi** · 8 upvotes

> I think the title & the video contents are aligned and should not be marked as clickbait! But daily dev shows clickbait!
>
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> ![image](https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--IbIEbUeO--/f_auto/v1738220550/ugc/content_a2e97189-c81b-438e-b69b-5db9ca71d4f9)

**@cndungu** · 7 upvotes

> This has to be a joke. The bigger thief is accusing someone else of theft? Haha. I remember OpenAI saying they need to access copyrighted material with or without permission.
> If this is true, DeepSeek has our permission to steal back our data.

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