Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Largest AI Distillation Attack: 28.8M Fraudulent
The company claims Alibaba orchestrated what it describes as the largest coordinated distillation attack in AI history. The Scale of Alibaba’s AI Extraction Campaign Anthropic said operators affiliated with Alibaba and its AI lab carried out 28.8 million exchanges with its models using roughly 25,000 fraudulent accounts between April 22 and June 5. The operation specifically targeted Claude’s most advanced and commercially valuable capabilities, including software engineering and agentic reasoning, the cornerstones of Anthropic’s cutting-edge Mythos Preview model.
- ▪The company claims Alibaba orchestrated what it describes as the largest coordinated distillation attack in AI history.
- ▪The Scale of Alibaba’s AI Extraction Campaign Anthropic said operators affiliated with Alibaba and its AI lab carried out 28.8 million exchanges with its models using roughly 25,000 fraudulent accounts between April 22 and June 5.
- ▪The operation specifically targeted Claude’s most advanced and commercially valuable capabilities, including software engineering and agentic reasoning, the cornerstones of Anthropic’s cutting-edge Mythos Preview model.
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- ▪ Anthropic Alleges Largest-Ever Claude Distillation Attack by Alibaba — X (formerly Twitter)
- ▪ Anthropic accuses Alibaba of mass AI capability ‘theft’ — Dawn
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Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Largest AI Distillation Attack: 28.8M Fraudulent ExchangesAnthropic Accuses Alibaba of Massive AI Model Extraction: Largest Distillation Attack to Date WASHINGTON — Anthropic sent a letter to U.S. officials accusing Alibaba of “brazenly” and “illicitly” attempting to extract its AI capabilities. The company claims Alibaba orchestrated what it describes as the largest coordinated distillation attack in AI history. The Scale of Alibaba’s AI Extraction Campaign Anthropic said operators affiliated with Alibaba and its AI lab carried out 28.8 million exchanges with its models using roughly 25,000 fraudulent accounts between April 22 and June 5.
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