Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities

Synopsis Anthropic said in the letter that distillation ?is a way to help accelerate China’s ability to reach Anthropic’s advanced Mythos Preview capabilities. Listen to this article in summarized format U.S. AI company Anthropic accused Alibaba, the Chinese technology and e-commerce giant, of illicitly extracting its Claude AI model capabilities in what it said was the largest known attack of its kind on the company, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The strike by Alibaba is described as a “distillation” effort, which Anthropic has said involves training a less capable model on the outputs of a stronger one. Anthropic…