DeepSeek is causing havoc throughout the AI industry. U.S.-based tech companies that have heavily invested in AI saw their stocks take a tumble this week after the China-based startup released a new AI model on par with OpenAI's latest model,

Just a few hours after David Sacks claimed DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own models, Bloomberg Law reports that Microsoft is investigating

Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, improperly accessed OpenAI’s proprietary data via its API. Microsoft security researchers detected suspicious activity last fall, raising concerns that DeepSeek may have circumvented usage restrictions.