Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities (opens original article in a new tab)

US AI company Anthropic accuses Chinese firm Alibaba of stealing its AI capabilities through large-scale distillation attacks, citing threats to national security and economic interests.

• Anthropic accuses Alibaba of illicitly extracting Claude AI capabilities through distillation attacks
• Alibaba-linked operators conducted 29 million exchanges with Claude using fraudulent accounts
• Anthropic claims distillation attacks pose a threat to US military and represent a subsidy for geopolitical competitors