China says AI development comes from ‘greater self-reliance and strength’ amid stolen tech claims

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs attributed the nation's recent advancements in artificial intelligence to increased self-reliance and domestic technological strength. This statement follows allegations that the Chinese startup Moonshot AI may have utilized proprietary data or models from Anthropic to train its systems. Chinese officials denied the claims of intellectual property theft, framing the country's progress as a product of independent innovation despite ongoing international scrutiny regarding global technology transfers.