Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack
What's happening
Anthropic says Alibaba ran the largest cloning attack on its Claude model, allegedly using 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges. The company frames the campaign as illicit extraction of AI capabilities and says Alibaba must be punished. Reporting and discussion about the accusation are appearing across outlets and community forums.
Why it's trending
Because a huge, quantified extraction campaign (25,000 accounts, 28.8 million exchanges) directly targets a leading commercial model and escalates tensions in the US-China AI race.
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If 25,000 accounts and 28.8 million exchanges don't trigger real consequences, the AI industry has accepted theft as the price of competition.
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- Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack
Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.
Ars Technica AIJun 25 - Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Largest AI Model Extraction Campaign as US-China AI Race Heats Upr/artificialJun 26
- Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of ‘Illicitly’ Accessing AI ModelsHackerNewsJun 25
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