Anthropic report alleges persistent distillation attacks by Alibaba, Moonshot, DeepSeek
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-09-11
A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleges persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies including Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek, claiming the activity has escalated in recent months as competition intensifies. It's a rare public accusation naming major Chinese labs over model distillation, likely to inflame IP disputes in the US-China AI race.
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