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Report: DeepSeek and Moonshot trained their latest models on GPT-6 Astra outputs

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Source: Reuters via The Economic TimesAlso reported by The Information

DeepSeek and Moonshot AI relied heavily on outputs from OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra to train their latest models, The Information reported on 28 October, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The report names Moonshot’s Kimi K3.1 Pro, released the week before, and DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash 1017, released on 17 October. OpenAI, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI did not immediately answer Reuters’ requests for comment.

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OpenAI tied a distillation campaign that began in July to people linked to Moonshot AI on 30 September, and Anthropic said earlier in October that new defences cut the data distillers take from Claude by about 90 to 99 per cent.

When
28 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0539
Who
OpenAI, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, The Information

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WTA-N-2026-0539: “Report: DeepSeek and Moonshot trained their latest models on GPT-6 Astra outputs.” wheresthe.ai, 28 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-report-deepseek-and-moonshot-distilled-gpt-6-astra-2026-10/ (source: Reuters via The Economic Times).

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