How China is threatening US national security through AI theft: Explained

US artificial intelligence (AI) companies Anthropic and OpenAI have warned that Chinese companies are copying their advanced AI technology without permission. The companies say this copying could reduce America’s lead in AI and create serious national security risks. They claim Chinese firms are using a method called “distillation” to build powerful AI chatbots faster and at a much lower cost.

Distillation is a process where a powerful AI model is used to train a smaller AI model.