Anthropic accuses Alibaba of campaign to 'brazenly' and 'illicitly' extract AI capabilities
2026-06-24 · Tech
Anthropic is accusing Alibaba of pulling off the biggest known distillation heist — essentially copying Claude's brain through illicit model extraction. Nothing says 'innovation' like brazenly stealing another company's AI capabilities at industrial scale. The AI arms race has officially entered its corporate espionage arc.