U.S. agencies say Chinese firms copied American AI models
The FBI, NSA and CISA published an alert saying top Chinese AI companies systematically mined cutting-edge American models since 2024, naming Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and xAI's Grok among the sources and accusing six Chinese developers. The report describes large-scale distillation that allegedly copied capabilities like legal specialization optimization and agentic functions, and says the campaigns likely occurred with Chinese government awareness without asserting intelligence involvement. It recommends U.S. firms verify subscribers, share suspicious activity, and in some cases downgrade or alter responses, potentially increasing protection and regulatory scrutiny amid rising U.S.-China tech tensions.
U.S. agencies say six Chinese firms used distillation on U.S. AI models
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U.S. agencies issued the alert after reports of distillation since 2024. The report named six Chinese developers and gave company-level details. Officials may press the issue in upcoming diplomatic talks and companies may change…
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