'We will be taking action to protect American innovation': White House accuses China of 'systematically' extracting American AI technologies

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• The US has accused China of stealing American AI models
• Chinese actors allegedly used a proxy network and jailbreaking techniques
• The accusation will likely strain US-China relations after a period of recompense

The White House has accused China of orchestrating a campaign to steal AI models from American developers on an ‘industrial-scale’.

In a memo, Michael Kratsios, director of ​the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said, “The US government has information indicating that foreign entities, principally based in China, are engaged in deliberate, ​industrial-scale campaigns to distil US frontier AI systems.”

The accusations come ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President ‌Xi ⁠Jinping in Beijing next month.

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