Anthropic accuses Alibaba of illicitly extracting Claude AI capabilities
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Anthropic, Alibaba
USA / China
June 10, 2026
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Anthropic accused Alibaba of conducting a massive campaign to extract Claude AI's capabilities. The extraction was allegedly performed via 'distillation attacks' using millions of fraudulent accounts. Anthropic has urged the US Congress to take action against such practices.
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