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Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek
Publisher description: A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleges persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated in recent months as competition in the space has intensified.
TechCrunch | Sep 10, 2026 | Russell Brandom
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All told, the company observed nearly 200 million exchanges linked to distillation attacks, attributed to five separate campaigns. Broadly, distillation attacks focus on extracting the chain of thought from a model’s response to various queries. The company observed 151 million exchanges between May and July 2026 that were attributed to the campaign, peaking at nearly three million exchanges per day.
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