White House accuses China of industrial-scale theft of AI technology - Reuters
White House accuses China of industrial-scale theft of AI technology Reuters
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Notable Quotes
"The administration will work with American AI companies to identify such activities, build defenses and find ways to punish offenders."
— Michael Kratsios , Executive
"China has always been committed to promoting scientific and technological progress through cooperation and healthy competition."
— Liu Pengyu , Executive
"China firmly opposes this. We urge the U.S. to respect facts, discard prejudice, stop suppressing China’s technological development."
— Guo Jiakun , Politician
"Model extraction attacks are the latest frontier of Chinese economic coercion and theft of U.S. intellectual property."
— Bill Huizenga , Politician
"There’s substantial evidence that what DeepSeek did here is they distilled the knowledge out of OpenAI’s models."
— David Sacks , Executive
"these foreign entities are using tens of thousands of proxies and jailbreaking techniques in coordinated campaigns to systematically extract American breakthroughs."
— Michael Kratsios , Executive
"The U.S. has evidence that foreign entities, primarily in China, are running industrial-scale distillation campaigns to steal American AI."
— Michael Kratsios , Executive
Key People
Bill Huizenga is a Republican U.S. Representative.
Dario Amodei is a co-founder of Anthropic.
Former AI advisor to President Trump.
Former president of the United States known for his aggressive economic policies.
He is a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry.
Liu Pengyu is a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy.
Michael Kratsios is the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Xi Jinping is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China.
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The Trump administration has accused China-backed operatives of conducting 'industrial-scale' operations to steal and replicate cutting-edge American artificial intelligence models.
The White House has formally accused China of conducting industrial-scale theft of American artificial intelligence intellectual property, warning of an imminent crackdown on practices that exploit U.S. innovation.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy accused China of 'industrial-scale' AI technology theft in a scathing memorandum, just weeks before President Donald Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
The White House has accused China of stealing intellectual property from American artificial intelligence labs. This industrial-scale theft exploits US innovation. The White House plans to crack down on this practice. The Financial Times reported this development.
The Trump administration has announced plans to crack down on foreign exploitation of U.S.-developed artificial intelligence models, specifically targeting China.
The White House has accused China of stealing U.S. artificial intelligence labs' intellectual property on an industrial scale, warning of a crackdown on practices that exploit U.S. innovation.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has accused China and other foreign entities of engaging in 'deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distill U.S. frontier AI systems.'
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