DeepSeek Just Insisted it's ChatGPT, and i Think that's all the Proof I Need
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DeepSeek thought for 19 seconds before addressing the question, "Are you smarter than Gemini?" Then, it provided a whopper: DeepSeek thought it was ChatGPT.
This relatively innocuous error could be evidence - a smoking gun per se - that, yes, DeepSeek was trained on OpenAI models, as has been declared by OpenAI, which when pressed, it will dive back into that training to speak its truth.
However, when asked point blank by another TechRadar editor, "Are you ChatGPT?" it said it was not and that it is "DeepSeek-V3, an AI assistant developed specifically by the Chinese Company DeepSeek."
Okay, sure, but in your rather lengthy response to me, you, DeepSeek, made numerous references to yourself as ChatGPT. I've included some screenshots below as evidence:
As you can see, after attempting to determine if I was speaking about Gemini AI or some other Gemini, DeepSeek responds, "If it's about the AI, then the concern is comparing me (which is ChatGPT) to Gemini." Later, it describes "Myself (ChatGPT)."
Why would DeepSeek do that under any situations? Is it one of those AI hallucinations we like to speak about? Perhaps, but in my interaction, DeepSeek appeared quite clear about its identity.
I got to this line of questions, by the way, due to the fact that I asked Gemini on my Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra if it's smarter than DeepSeek. The reaction was shockingly diplomatic, and when I requested for a basic yes or no answer, it informed me, "It's not possible to give a simple yes or no answer. 'Smart' is too intricate a concept to apply in that way to language models. They have different strengths and weak points."
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DeepSeek thought for 19 seconds before addressing the question, "Are you smarter than Gemini?" Then, it provided a whopper: DeepSeek thought it was ChatGPT.
This relatively innocuous error could be evidence - a smoking gun per se - that, yes, DeepSeek was trained on OpenAI models, as has been declared by OpenAI, which when pressed, it will dive back into that training to speak its truth.
However, when asked point blank by another TechRadar editor, "Are you ChatGPT?" it said it was not and that it is "DeepSeek-V3, an AI assistant developed specifically by the Chinese Company DeepSeek."
Okay, sure, but in your rather lengthy response to me, you, DeepSeek, made numerous references to yourself as ChatGPT. I've included some screenshots below as evidence:
As you can see, after attempting to determine if I was speaking about Gemini AI or some other Gemini, DeepSeek responds, "If it's about the AI, then the concern is comparing me (which is ChatGPT) to Gemini." Later, it describes "Myself (ChatGPT)."
Why would DeepSeek do that under any situations? Is it one of those AI hallucinations we like to speak about? Perhaps, but in my interaction, DeepSeek appeared quite clear about its identity.
I got to this line of questions, by the way, due to the fact that I asked Gemini on my Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra if it's smarter than DeepSeek. The reaction was shockingly diplomatic, and when I requested for a basic yes or no answer, it informed me, "It's not possible to give a simple yes or no answer. 'Smart' is too intricate a concept to apply in that way to language models. They have different strengths and weak points."
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