Anthropic accuses Alibaba of mass AI capability ‘theft’
In a letter sent to two US senators, Anthropic alleged that operators linked to Alibaba carried out nearly 29 million interactions with Claude using thousands of fraudulent accounts in what it called “the largest campaign to extract Claude’s capabilities illicitly”. The San Francisco-based company urged Congress to impose penalties on firms involved in such activities and strengthen safeguards against the alleged theft of US artificial intelligence technology. According to the BBC, the letter, dated June 10 and addressed to Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren, claimed that the operation targeted Claude’s most advanced features, including its ability to handle complex tasks and its decision-making processes.
- ▪In a letter sent to two US senators, Anthropic alleged that operators linked to Alibaba carried out nearly 29 million interactions with Claude using thousands of fraudulent accounts in what it called “the largest campaign to extract Claude’
- ▪The San Francisco-based company urged Congress to impose penalties on firms involved in such activities and strengthen safeguards against the alleged theft of US artificial intelligence technology.
- ▪According to the BBC, the letter, dated June 10 and addressed to Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren, claimed that the operation targeted Claude’s most advanced features, including its ability to handle complex tasks and its decision-ma
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- ▪ Anthropic Alleges Largest-Ever Claude Distillation Attack by Alibaba — X (formerly Twitter)
- ▪ Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Largest AI Distillation Attack: 28.8M Fraudulent — yipzap.com
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Anthropic accuses Alibaba of mass AI capability ‘theft’ Monitoring Desk Published June 26, 2026 0 Anthropic logo, a keyboard and a robotic hand in this illustration created on June 5, 2026. —Reuters/File Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x comments Join our Whatsapp Channel Add Dawn as a trusted source • Says activity uses ‘distillation attacks’ to copy model behaviour; effort targets Claude’s advanced reasoning capabilities• Urges US Congress to impose penalties ARTIFICIAL intelligence company Anthropic has accused Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba of conducting a large-scale effort to extract capabilities from its Claude AI model through what it described as “distillation attacks,” according to a BBC report.
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