OpenAI Attacks China’s DeepSeek in Policy Proposal
**OpenAI Attacks China’s DeepSeek in Policy Proposal**
By Juro Osawa
2 hours ago
Source: The Information
OpenAI on Thursday submitted a policy proposal to the Trump administration that included attacks on Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek. OpenAI described DeepSeek as "state-controlled" and argued there is a risk that the Chinese government could force DeepSeek to manipulate its models to cause harm.
"As with Huawei, there is significant risk in building on top of DeepSeek models in critical infrastructure and other high-risk use cases," the proposal said.
DeepSeek's AI models "also more willingly generate how-to's for illicit and harmful activities such as identity fraud and intellectual property theft," it said.
In the proposal, OpenAI also called for a ban on Chinese-made AI chips and models that "violate user privacy and create security risks," without specifically mentioning DeepSeek.
OpenAI's allegations against DeepSeek come after DeepSeek's chatbot app surged in popularity last month, posing a new threat to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Many businesses around the world have also started adopting DeepSeek's open-source AI models.
According to Chinese corporate records, the Chinese government doesn't own an equity stake in DeepSeek or its parent company, quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management.
DeepSeek didn't respond to an emailed request for comment about OpenAI's proposal.