The U.S. government, through the NSA, CISA, and FBI, has accused six Chinese AI companies—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI—of using large-scale distillation techniques to copy American AI model capabilities.
The NSA, FBI, and CISA accused six Chinese AI companies—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, and StepFun—of systematically extracting knowledge from U.S. AI models at scale since at least 2024, allegedly using multiple channels to circumvent restrictions.