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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