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US Treasury Threatens Sanctions Over Alleged AI Model Theft by China's Moonshot
The U.S. Treasury warned it could sanction Chinese AI firm Moonshot after White House officials accused it of distilling Anthropic's Fable model to create Kimi K3. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the government is prepared to act against companies that steal American AI intellectual property. The allegations mark an escalation in U.S.-China tech tensions over AI model theft.
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The threat of sanctions underscores how AI model distillation is becoming a flashpoint in U.S.-China tech competition, but the administration has yet to provide public evidence of the alleged theft.
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