U.S. accuses China of "industrial-scale" campaigns to steal AI secrets

The Trump administration accused China-backed actors of conducting 'industrial-scale' campaigns to steal and replicate U.S. AI models through distillation attacks. The allegations highlight escalating U.S.-China AI rivalry and could impact President Trump's upcoming Beijing visit, with OpenAI and Anthropic citing Chinese firms like DeepSeek and Moonshot AI as perpetrators.