White House accuses China of industrial-scale AI model distillation, commits to intelligence sharing with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google

Summary: The White House OSTP released a policy memo accusing China of “industrial-scale” distillation of US AI models, committing to share intelligence with US AI companies and explore accountability measures. OpenAI accused DeepSeek of distilling its models in February; Anthropic named DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot AI as having created 24,000 fraudulent accounts generating 16+ million exchanges with Claude. The Deterring American AI Model Theft Act (H.R. 8283) was introduced on 15 April. The memo arrives three weeks before a planned Trump-Xi summit on 14 May.

The White House accused China on Wednesday of conducting “industrial-scale” theft of American artificial intelligence, releasing a policy memorandum that commits the government to sharing intelligence with US AI companies about foreign distillation campaigns and exploring measures to hold the perpetrators accountable. Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the US “has evidence that foreign entities, primarily in ...