DeepSeek, Moonshot trained new models on OpenAI outputs: report

Chinese AI developers DeepSeek and Moonshot AI relied heavily on outputs from OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train their latest models, The Information reported. Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro and DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash allegedly benefited from this 'distillation'. The practice has become a flashpoint in US-China tech rivalry, with leading AI firms saying it lets rivals copy capabilities cheaply.