DeepSeek and Moonshot reportedly relied on GPT-6 Astra to train models

Published Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 8:23 AM EDT

DeepSeek and Moonshot AI heavily relied on distillation from OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train models including Kimi K3.1 Pro and V4.1-Flash 1017, The Information reported, citing sources. The reported reliance followed Anthropic's crackdown. GPT-6 Astra was released in early September.

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