OpenAI is reportedly upping security following rumored foreign threats

• OpenAI reportedly boosting both its cyber and physical security
• DeepSeek model could be a distillation of an OpenAI model
• The ChatGPT maker is already funding further AI security research

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has reportedly intensified its security operations to combat corporate espionage, amid rumors foreign companies could be looking to the AI giant for inspiration.

The move follows Chinese startup DeepSeek's release of a competing AI model, which reportedly uses distillation to copy OpenAI's technology.

Distillation is where a third-party transfers knowledge from a large, complex 'teacher' model to a smaller, more efficient 'student' model, allowing the third-party to create a smaller model with improved inferencing speed.

OpenAI boosts protection against rival AI companies

OpenAI has ...