US-China AI Race: Washington Accuses Moonshot AI of Stealing Anthropic Tech

The US White House accuses Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Claude model to develop its Kimi K3 system, with Treasury threatening sanctions on foreign developers found stealing US AI intellectual property. China denies the allegations, and technical experts question whether distillation could occur in the 15-day window between Claude's release and Kimi K3's launch.

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