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How Chinese AI Firms Tried to Clone U.S. AI Models

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Anthropic says DeepSeek and Moonshot used thousands of fake accounts and millions of real user queries in “distillation” efforts to clone its AI capabilities.

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Timeline · 3 reports

  1. 2026-09-11 11:31 · Wall Street Journal Technology
    The Morning Risk Report: How Chinese AI Firms Tried to Clone U.S. AI Models
  2. 2026-09-10 18:43 · Wall Street Journal Technology
    How Chinese AI Firms Tried to Clone U.S. AI Models
  3. 2026-09-09 03:06 · r/LocalLLaMA
    US accuses Chinese AI firms of 'malicious' copying of AI technology

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