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Anthropic Reports Record Distillation Campaigns by Chinese AI Labs

Anthropic releases a report Thursday alleging persistent and escalating distillation attacks by China-based AI companies aimed at harvesting the capabilities of its Claude models. The company attributes the activity to five separate campaigns totaling nearly 200 million exchanges, making the efforts larger and more aggressive than earlier incidents it describes

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Chinese AI Model Kimi Sparks Familiar Panic in Silicon Valley and Washington

The launch of Moonshot AI's Kimi model reignites a familiar debate about Chinese AI competitiveness. The model appears competitive with frontier models on certain benchmarks, prompting both social media frenzy and behind-the-scenes lobbying in Washington, where companies like OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly express concern about open Chinese models

Chinese AI Model Kimi K3 Sparks Fresh Fears in U.S. Tech Race

Chinese company Moonshot AI releases its new Kimi K3 open source model this week, and independent analyses from Arena.ai and Vals AI confirm that it performs competitively with leading frontier models. The announcement coincides with a speech from President Xi Jinping at the World AI Conference in Shanghai and

Moonshot AI's Upcoming Kimi K3 Takes Aim at Frontier Models From OpenAI and Anthropic

Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI prepares to release Kimi K3, a new open-weight model that reportedly matches or surpasses Anthropic's Opus 4.8 in performance. The Financial Times reports that the upcoming model features between 2 trillion and 3 trillion parameters, making it the largest open-weight AI model

Chinese AI Firm Moonshot Raises $500M Amid Rival IPO Push

Moonshot AI secures $500 million in Series C funding, building a massive $1.4 billion cash reserve for AI compute infrastructure. The Chinese model maker delays its own IPO plans as competitors MiniMax and Z.ai prepare to go public.

Chinese AI Startup Moonshot Reaches $3.3B Valuation in New Funding Round

Moonshot secures $300 million from investors including Tencent, pushing its valuation to $3.3 billion as Chinese tech giants aggressively back domestic AI competitors. The funding highlights a broader surge in Chinese AI development that currently outpaces US adoption and patent filings.