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US accuses China of “industrial-scale” AI theft. China says it’s “slander.”

The US-China AI fight is shifting from competition to accusations of extraction

Washington is weighing stronger measures after claims that Chinese actors used large-scale distillation and proxy-account campaigns to pull value from US frontier models.

Key Takeaways

US officials say Chinese actors have run large-scale campaigns to distill frontier AI systems.
Congress is being urged to treat model extraction as industrial espionage.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 24, 2026·via arstechnica.com

AI labs form a shared front against unauthorized model copying

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are reportedly sharing information through the Frontier Model Forum to detect unauthorized distillation of their AI systems by Chinese competitors.

Key Takeaways

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are reportedly sharing threat information.
The focus is on detecting unauthorized distillation of frontier AI models.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 8, 2026·via the-decoder.com