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Chinese AI companies 'distilled' Claude to improve own models, Anthropic says

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Feb 24 2026 6:39AM

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Chinese AI companies 'distilled' Claude to improve own models, Anthropic says

Three Chinese artificial intelligence companies used Claude to ⁠improperly obtain ⁠capabilities to improve their own models, the chatbot's creator Anthropic said in a blog post while also making a case for export controls on chips. The announcement follows a ‌memo by OpenAI ...

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