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

Anthropic released a report alleging that China-based AI companies Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek have carried out persistent distillation attacks. The company says the activity has intensified in recent months as competition among AI labs has grown more aggressive.

The claims highlight how model outputs are becoming strategically valuable training data in the AI race. If substantiated, these campaigns could push leading labs toward stricter access controls, more monitoring, and tighter norms around model replication.