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US Agencies Accuse Chinese Firms of Stealing AI Models at Scale · 3 sources tracked

US intelligence agencies, including the NSA, CISA, and FBI, have issued a warning regarding industrial-scale efforts by Chinese AI companies to replicate American AI models. These firms are reportedly using 'knowledge distillation' to extract vast amounts of data from models like GPT, Gemini, and Claude to train their own systems. The accusations specifically name DeepSeek and Moonshot AI, with Moonshot's Kimi model being a particular target of this alleged data extraction. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about intellectual property theft and the security of AI model development, potentially impacting international AI collaboration and competition.

RANK_REASON US intelligence agencies issuing a formal accusation against foreign companies for intellectual property theft related to AI models.

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US Agencies Accuse Chinese Firms of Stealing AI Models at Scale · 3 sources tracked

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 US authorities accuse Chinese AI companies of industrial-scale campaigns to copy American models The NSA, CISA and the FBI have accused DeepSeek, Moonshot and

    📰 US authorities accuse Chinese AI companies of industrial-scale campaigns to copy American models The NSA, CISA and the FBI have accused DeepSeek, Moonshot and other Chinese AI companies of "distilling" American frontier AI models. 📰 Source: Engadget - Technology News & Expert R…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · netsecio ·

    📰 US Agencies: China-Based Firms Stealing US AI Models at Scale US agencies (NSA, CISA, FBI) warn that 6 China-based firms, including DeepSeek & Moonshot AI, ar

    📰 US Agencies: China-Based Firms Stealing US AI Models at Scale US agencies (NSA, CISA, FBI) warn that 6 China-based firms, including DeepSeek & Moonshot AI, are stealing capabilities from US AI models (GPT, Gemini, Claude) at an industrial scale using 'knowledge distillation'. #…

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · newisty ·

    US agencies say Chinese AI firms copied American models, targeting Moonshot's Kimi NSA, FBI and CISA accuse six Chinese AI companies, including Moonshot, of ext

    US agencies say Chinese AI firms copied American models, targeting Moonshot's Kimi NSA, FBI and CISA accuse six Chinese AI companies, including Moonshot, of extracting billions of tokens from US models to train their own systems. https:// newisty.com/blog/us-agencies-s ay-chinese…