US warns of alleged global AI thefts by DeepSeek and others


Raphael Satter
Contributor

The US State Department has ordered a global push to bring attention to what it says are widespread efforts by Chinese companies, including AI startup DeepSeek, to steal intellectual property from US artificial ​intelligence labs, according to a diplomatic cable.

The cable, dated Friday and sent to diplomatic and consular posts around the world, instructs diplomatic staff to speak to their foreign counterparts about “concerns over adversaries’ extraction and distillation …

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