Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek

Anthropic reported that several China-based AI developers, including Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek, have been using its models to train their own competing products. This practice, known as model distillation, allows companies to replicate the capabilities of proprietary systems by analyzing their outputs. The firm claims these activities have intensified recently, highlighting the ongoing tensions regarding intellectual property and competitive advantages in the global artificial intelligence sector.