The OpenAI vs. DeepSeek Battle Proves AI is Broken – Here’s How Qubic Fixes It
Written by
The Qubic Team
Mar 27, 2025
Introduction: The AI War That Shouldn’t Have Happened
AI shouldn’t be a battlefield.
But here we are. OpenAI and DeepSeek are locked in a fight over who owns AI knowledge.
DeepSeek launched R1, an open-source AI model that performs just as well as OpenAI’s flagship model – at a fraction of the cost. That alone was disruptive. But then came the controversy.
Reports suggest DeepSeek trained its model using ChatGPT’s responses – a technique called AI distillation. OpenAI wasn’t happy.
Instead of competing, OpenAI went on the offensive:
Launching an investigation
Pushing for legal action
Calling for a global ban on Chinese AI models
But here’s the thing – this fight isn’t about one company vs another. It’s about the flawed way AI is being built today.
AI is too centralised
Companies are hoarding knowledge instead of sharing it
Governments are turning AI into a weapon
And until we fix that, battles like this will keep happening.
This is why Qubic exists.
Why Centralised AI is Doomed to Fail
This entire fight proves one thing: AI development is broken.
1. Secrecy Breeds Conflict
OpenAI keeps its AI models locked down. DeepSeek went open-source.
Instead of working together, they became enemies overnight.
When AI is controlled by a few, every breakthrough becomes a potential lawsuit instead of a shared step forward.
2. Legal Battles Are Just Getting Started
Who owns AI knowledge? OpenAI says DeepSeek stole from them.
But OpenAI trained ChatGPT on the entire internet – including copyrighted material.
So if AI-generated content can be owned, wouldn’t OpenAI be guilty too?
This is an impossible cycle. If companies keep fighting over data and training methods, AI will become a legal mess that stifles progress instead of accelerating it.
3. AI is Becoming a Political Weapon
OpenAI didn’t just go after DeepSeek. They called for a global ban on Chinese AI models.
That’s not about innovation – it’s about control.
If AI keeps heading down this road, we’ll see:
Two separate AI ecosystems – one controlled by the US, one by China
Government-imposed restrictions on AI access
More secrecy, more paranoia, less innovation
This isn’t how AI should evolve.
Aigarth: The AI Model That Solves This Entire Problem
The problem isn’t DeepSeek. It isn’t OpenAI.
It’s the system they’re both trapped in.
Through Qubic’s AGI initiative, Aigarth, it is building something completely different – a decentralised AI network where:
No one company owns AI
Innovation happens in the open
AI knowledge is shared, not hoarded
Here’s why that changes everything:
1. No More Secrecy – AI Should Be Transparent
Aigarth is built on an open, decentralised network. Every contribution is recorded transparently.
No hidden training data. No black-box models. No lawsuits over who trained on what.
2. No More Ownership Battles – AI Should Be Shared
Instead of AI breakthroughs being locked inside corporations, Qubic ensures they are fairly credited and openly available.
No more accusations of theft. No more legal wars. Just collaborative progress.
3. No More Geopolitical Control – AI Should Be Global
Because Aigarth isn’t owned by any single entity, no government can ban it, restrict it, or control it.
Qubic is AI for everyone – not just for the companies with the biggest legal teams.
How Qubic is Already Proving This Works
This isn’t just an idea.
Qubic’s decentralised compute network ranks among the world’s largest. Instead of relying on a few massive data centres, Qubic harnesses global computing power to train AI collaboratively.
Aigarth is evolving through open contributions. Instead of AI being built behind corporate walls, it’s developed in a way that’s open, fair, and transparent.
Qubic prevents AI monopolies before they even start. Because no single company controls the system, there’s no “winner-takes-all” problem.
The OpenAI vs DeepSeek fight isn’t the future of AI.
Qubic is.
The Future: AI Shouldn’t Be Controlled – It Should Be Open to Everyone
If AI remains centralised, we’ll see:
More lawsuits over who owns AI
More restrictions on AI access
More power in the hands of a few corporations and governments
If AI is decentralised, we get:
Faster innovation through global collaboration
A fairer AI system where contributions are rewarded transparently
An AI future where no single entity can control, restrict, or exploit progress
This is why Qubic exists.
Not just to compete in AI. But to fix AI itself.
Be Part of the Future of AI
The OpenAI vs DeepSeek fight proves one thing: AI needs a new model.
That’s what we’re building with Qubic.
Join Qubic and be part of the future of decentralised AI.