China probes DeepSeek and Moonshot over distillation-linked data breaches

Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-22

According to The Information, Chinese regulators are investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot over data breaches linked to model distillation.

Julian Gewirtz argues the fraught relationship between the Chinese government and China's AI companies is one of the most undercovered stories in the AI race: alongside the US–China contest, a parallel struggle is unfolding within each country between state and corporate power—and in China, few doubt who ultimately wins. He and Dan Wang laid out this framing in a NYT op-ed, calling the probe one of the highest-stakes instances yet.

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