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Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Using Fake Accounts to Probe Claude
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First reported by Calcalist · 14 hours ago
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What happened
Anthropic says Alibaba used nearly 25,000 fake accounts and 28.8 million Claude interactions to help train rival AI models. The company says the operation was its largest known distillation attack, and Alibaba had not responded when Reuters reported the claim. The dispute adds to rising U.S.-China tensions over AI, espionage, and trade restrictions.
- 01Anthropic accuses Alibaba of a massive effort to extract Claude’s capabilities.
- 02The company says the operation used nearly 25,000 fake accounts and 28.8 million interactions.
- 03Anthropic calls it its largest known distillation attack so far.
- 04The allegations are tied to Alibaba and its AI lab, Qwen.
- 05The case comes amid escalating U.S.-China AI and security tensions.
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