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OpenAI Accuses China’s DeepSeek of Stealing Its Tech to Build Cut‑Rate Rival AI Models

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Rumors are swirling that the Chinese AI company will launch its new model next week.
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OpenAI officially informed the U.S. Congress that the Chinese company DeepSeek persists in its attempts to copy U.S. technology using a technique known as “distillation.” In a memorandum dated February 12, 2026, ChatGPT’s creator warned that its Asian competitor seeks to “travel for free” at the expense of American lab advances, using state-of-the-art model responses to train their own systems without taking on the enormous costs of original res…

OpenAI is stepping up to the plate. In the midst of a technological war between the first two world powers, the start-up accuses its Chinese counterpart, DeepSeek, of using an illegal practice to train its future model. We're taking stock.

In the race for the supremacy of artificial intelligence, the front lines move. The battle is no longer played solely on brute power, but on increasingly subtle technological appropriation tactics.

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Bloomberg broke the news in United States on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
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