U.S. officials accuse Chinese firms of AI model copying
U.S. government agencies say multiple Chinese AI companies have copied key features from top American AI models, using large-scale 'distillation'—that is, feeding huge numbers of prompts to U.S. systems like ChatGPT and Claude, then using the answers to train their own products. The accused firms include DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and Alibaba. Agencies say the effort is vast and possibly encouraged by Beijing, but not directly run by the government.
- Government names DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba as participants
- Millions of prompts sent to U.S. models to extract data
- Data used to train Chinese models like DeepSeek R1 and Kimi-K3
- Alleged activity began at least in late 2024
- Firms used tactics to avoid detection and bypass restrictions
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