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Anthropic has accused Alibaba of using nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to extract capabilities from its Claude AI models, in what the US AI company described as the largest known attack of its kind against it. The campaign, carried out between April 22 and June 5, generated more than 28.8 million exchanges with Claude, according to a June 10 letter Anthropic sent to senior members of the US Senate Banking Committee, Reuters reported. Anthropic said the effort involved “distillation,” a technique in which a less capable AI model is trained on the outputs of a more advanced system, potentially allowing rivals to replicate some of its capabilities at lower cost. The company said the campaign was conducted by operators affiliated with Alibaba and Alibaba Qwen, Alibaba’s AI lab, according to the report. The allegation comes as businesses adopt generative AI tools across business functions, putting pressure on vendors to show they can detect misuse while keeping services available for corp
Read full articleAnthropic's universal model suspension highlights the precarious balance between compliance and accessibility, risking trust and innovation disruption. The post Anthropic faces backlash over Fable 5’s US identity verification requirements appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Google is facing a significant brain drain as leading AI researchers depart for rivals. Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both key contributors to the development of Google’s Gemini model, are joining Anthropic, according to reports. The departures follow a string of high-profile exits. Last week, renowned AI researcher Noam Shazeer, a Google veteran of over […]
Silicon Valley engineers recently flocked to new technology from a Chinese company, Z.ai, that is almost as good as its American competitors but much cheaper.
The EU's push for AI sovereignty intensifies, highlighting the strategic risks of reliance on US tech and prompting calls for trusted partnerships. The post EU discusses AI model access with US after Anthropic cuts off foreign access appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
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Anthropic has accused Alibaba of using nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to extract capabilities from its Claude AI models, in what the US AI company described as the largest known attack of its kind against it. The campaign, carried out between April 22 and June 5, generated more than 28.8 million exchanges with Claude, according to a June 10 letter Anthropic sent to senior members of the US Senate Banking Committee, Reuters reported. Anthropic said the effort involved “distillation,” a technique in which a less capable AI model is trained on the outputs of a more advanced system, potentially allowing rivals to replicate some of its capabilities at lower cost. The company said the campaign was conducted by operators affiliated with Alibaba and Alibaba Qwen, Alibaba’s AI lab, according to the report. The allegation comes as businesses adopt generative AI tools across business functions, putting pressure on vendors to show they can detect misuse while keeping services available for corp
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon and Microsoft have signed on to an effort led by Gina Raimondo, a former commerce secretary.
This incident underscores the escalating AI arms race, highlighting the need for robust international regulations to safeguard proprietary technologies. The post Anthropic accuses Alibaba of using 25,000 fraudulent accounts to probe Claude AI models appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
