Trump tech official accuses China’s Moonshot AI of stealing from Anthropic

The Trump administration has accused Chinese start-up Moonshot AI of covertly extracting capabilities from leading US artificial intelligence models and obtaining restricted Nvidia chips abroad, escalating Washington’s scrutiny of the company following the release of its powerful Kimi K3 model. Michael Kratsios, the White House science and technology adviser, alleged on Wednesday that the Beijing-based company had targeted Anthropic’s most powerful model, Claude Fable 5, through large-scale...

By Vincent Chow

A top White House official is escalating the fight over Moonshot AI's viral Kimi K3 model

Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios escalated the administration's fight with China-based AI companies. Kylie Cooper/Reuters A top White House official said that Moonshot AI stole from Anthropic to build its Kimi K3 model. Michael Kratsios said the White House has information showing Moonshot AI distilled Fable. The comments are an escalation as the US responds to viral, China-based open-source models. A top White House official publicly accu...

US accuses Kimi K3 AI model maker Moonshot AI of 'stealing' Anthropic's Fable model

White House official Michael Kratsios has accused Chinese startup Moonshot AI of stealing Anthropic's technology to build Kimi K3, alleging it distilled the Fable model at scale using a covert internal platform. He also said Moonshot accessed banned Nvidia GB300 chips in Thailand. The charge follows Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's sanctions warning over Chinese AI models. Moonshot has not responded to the allegations.

By TOI TECH DESK

White House accuses China’s Moonshot of stealing Anthropic AI

A top White House official on Wednesday accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of covertly copying Anthropic’s most advanced model to build its Kimi K3. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said in a post on X that the United States had “information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic’s […]

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China’s Moonshot AI stole from Anthropic, Trump tech adviser says

A White House adviser has accused China's Moonshot AI of a "large-scale" effort to steal the capabilities of top US artificial intelligence (AI) models.

By Abubakar Ibrahim