distillation attacks
Coverage of distillation attacks in the Nexus archive.
- How China is ripping off cutting-edge AI from Anthropic, OpenAI — and threatening US national security
The article claims China is stealing cutting-edge AI from Anthropic and OpenAI through distillation attacks, which industry sources warn could enable adversaries to develop hacking tools, autonomous weapons, or surpass U.S. firms, threatening national security.
- Anthropic accuses Alibaba of mass AI capability ‘theft’
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of using 'distillation attacks' to illicitly extract capabilities from its Claude AI model through 29 million fraudulent account interactions. The company urged US Congress to impose penalties on firms involved in such activities and highlighted concerns about US AI technology theft.
- U.S. accuses China of "industrial-scale" campaigns to steal AI secrets
The Trump administration accused China-backed actors of conducting 'industrial-scale' campaigns to steal and replicate U.S. AI models through distillation attacks. The allegations highlight escalating U.S.-China AI rivalry and could impact President Trump's upcoming Beijing visit, with OpenAI and Anthropic citing Chinese firms like DeepSeek and Moonshot AI as perpetrators.