Anthropic Urges Congress to Crack Down on AI Distillation By Chinese Rivals
In brief Anthropic alleged that Alibaba-affiliated operators carried out the largest known AI model distillation campaign against Claude. The company is urging Congress to strengthen export controls, expand intelligence sharing, and penalize firms that engage in large-scale model extraction. The letter comes as lawmakers consider legislation targeting unauthorized access to U.S. frontier AI models. Anthropic…