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US accuses China of sweeping campaigns to steal AI secrets
technology1 month ago

US accuses China of sweeping campaigns to steal AI secrets

The White House OSTP director Kratsios accused China-based actors of using proxy accounts and large-scale distillation attacks to probe and replicate U.S. AI models, potentially releasing cheaper, less-guarded rivals; OpenAI and Anthropic have flagged China-based firms behind such attacks, highlighting ongoing IP-theft concerns as the administration says it will share intelligence with AI companies to bolster defenses ahead of a possible Trump trip to Beijing.

US flags industrial-scale AI theft by China as tech race heats up
world1 month ago

US flags industrial-scale AI theft by China as tech race heats up

The White House accuses China of conducting industrial-scale distillation of US frontier AI systems, with Michael Kratsios saying foreign actors are siphoning American AI tech from labs. The memo outlines steps to inform and protect US AI firms, including potential measures to hold perpetrators accountable—such as tighter export controls and adding groups to the entity list—while China denies the allegations. The dispute comes amid an AI arms race and ahead of a Biden-Xi meeting, with previous accusations against Chinese firms like DeepSeek fueling the debate about national security and IP protections.

Anthropic accuses Chinese labs of industrial-scale distillation attacks on Claude
technology3 months ago

Anthropic accuses Chinese labs of industrial-scale distillation attacks on Claude

Anthropic alleges that three Chinese AI labs—DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax—carried out industrial-scale distillation attacks to illicitly copy Claude, generating over 16 million exchanges with Claude through roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts and violating terms of service and regional access restrictions; the company frames the campaigns as a national-security concern and is calling for rapid cross‑industry, government, and policy-maker cooperation to counter such abuses.