DeepSeek faces allegations of using OpenAI's outputs to train its AI. Explore the legal, ethical and competitive implications of this dispute

OpenAI believes DeepSeek used a process called “distillation,” which helps make smaller AI models perform better by learning from larger ones.

OpenAI, the San Francisco-based creator of ChatGPT, has raised concerns over alleged intellectual property breaches by DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence start-up.