Anthroponic has accused Chinese rival Alibaba of illegally exporting its AI capabilities.

US artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has accused Chinese e-commerce and technology company Alibaba of “brazenly” and “illegally” exploiting the capabilities of its cloud AI model.

In a letter the San Francisco-based company sent to two members of the U.S. Congress, Alibaba-linked operators used thousands of fraudulent accounts to make nearly $29 million in transactions with Cloud.

Anthroponic urged Congress to punish the companies behind such attacks and take steps to prevent the theft of American technology.

The BBC has contacted Alibaba for comment and requested further details from Anthropic.

Anthropic’s letter, dated June 10 and sent to US Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren, accused Alibaba, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, of conducting “the largest campaign to illegally exploit the potential of the cloud”.

According to the Anthropocene report, the campaign was carried out in what are known as “distillation attacks”, which received answers from a strong AI model to train the weak.

Alibaba-related operators targeted Claude’s most valuable skills, including his ability to handle long and complex tasks and his approach to decision-making, anthropomorphic.

The company says that such attacks are carried out on an “industrial scale” to allow Chinese companies to repackage US AI capabilities as their own.

In the letter, he cited other suspected attacks and said Anthroponic posed a threat to US troops.

“Distillation attacks turn hundreds of dollars in American investment and (research and development) into massive subsidies to our geopolitical competitors,” Anthroposic said.

The US Department of Defense cited Alibaba and several large companies such as carmaker BID and technology company Baidu. They are affiliated with the Chinese military..

The companies said there were no allegations, but Alibaba This week he sued the US government with the intent of removing his name from the Pentagon’s blacklist.

They have American developers Previously accused Chinese competitors Using distillation attacks to train their models to rival US AI technology at a fraction of the cost.

OPNI has previously accused Chinese groups of employing similar practices.

Anthroponic is a leading AI developer and is partnered with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. The first preparation for the blockbuster stock market This can make it one of the most expensive companies in the world.

But some of the more advanced models of anthropology, such as Mitos, It has raised cyber security concerns. On their ability to target weaknesses in computer systems.