US AI company Anthropic accuses Chinese firms of copying its technology

Anthropic, a US artificial intelligence company, has accused several Chinese AI labs of conducting 'distillation attacks' on its Claude model. The company alleges firms like DeepSeek and MiniMax used data from Claude to improve their own AI models.

Elon Musk commented on the accusations, calling it 'guilty'. The allegations come as the US government debates restrictions on AI chip exports to China. A separate report claims China's DeepSeek trained its AI model on advanced Nvidia chips despite US export bans.

In related news, Trump reportedly banned Anthropic from US federal agencies. Meanwhile, Hollywood companies like Disney and Netflix sent legal threats to ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, over an AI video tool they say infringes on copyrights.