OpenAI confirms talks with officials over DeepSeek distillation allegations

Confirmed it had discussed the DeepSeek distillation allegations with government officials

Why it matters

ToS-based claims of output ownership were raised to a national policy issue for the first time

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Presspymnts.comhttps://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2025/openai-and-government-officials-discuss-deepseek-development/

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