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Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of ‘Illicitly’ Accessing Its AI Models

Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of ‘Illicitly’ Accessing Its AI Models
Bloomberg Technology Wednesday 24 June 2026, 19:36 UTC By Maggie Eastland 1 min read
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Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of ‘Illicitly’ Accessing Its AI Models Anthropic PBC accused Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. of waging a large-scale effort to “illicitly” access its Claude artificial intelligence model using thousands of fraudulent accounts that undermine the US AI developer’s decision to keep its products out of China. Anthropic claimed that a campaign by operators linked to Alibaba’s Qwen AI lab targeted Claude’s most prized capabilities, including software...

Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of ‘Illicitly’ Accessing Its AI Models Anthropic PBC accused Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. of waging a large-scale effort to “illicitly” access its Claude artificial intelligence model using thousands of fraudulent accounts that undermine the US AI developer’s decision to keep its products out of China. Anthropic claimed that a campaign by operators linked to Alibaba’s Qwen AI lab targeted Claude’s most prized capabilities, including software engineering and agentic reasoning, according to a letter that the AI startup sent to several US senators and White House officials. The company said it was the biggest attempt so far by a Chinese company to piggyback on the work of top US labs. [Image text:] Al M AI Claude
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