Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude
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Anthropic alleges three Chinese AI firms created thousands of fake accounts to access its Claude AI model, siphoning data over 16 million times to train their own systems. This follows similar accusations by OpenAI against DeepSeek for using distillation tactics.
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
U.S. artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic said three Chinese AI companies set up more than 24,000 fraudulent accounts with its Claude AI model to help their own systems catch up. The three companies—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax—prompted Claude more than 16 million times, siphoning information from Anthropic’s system to train and improve their own products, Anthropic said in a blog post Feb. 23. Earlier this month, an Anthropic rival, OpenAI, sent a memo to House lawmakers accusing DeepSeek of using the same tactic, called distillation, to mimic OpenAI’s products. Full Story