This whole DeepSeek copying ChatGPT accusation from OpenAI and Microsoft reminds me of a lesson I’ve learned over the past 15 years of writing about this stuff — most people do not care if something is a copycat. They will go for the thing that is cheaper and better.
Nobody cares that the Xiaomi SU7 EV is a clear rip-off of the Porsche Taycan. It’s significantly cheaper, a little faster and has a longer range. To a consumer, the choice is obvious (hypothetically speaking, given shipping restrictions to the U.S.).
