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China stealing American AI

China stealing American AI

Michael Kratsios, the White House science and technology adviser, has exposed a massive espionage campaign orchestrated by Beijing to exploit U.S. AI breakthroughs.

The administration alleges that Chinese developers are using 'distillation' techniques to build rival chatbots based on proprietary American models.

This confrontational stance comes just weeks before a planned summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping, potentially complicating diplomatic efforts.

In response, the U.S. government is coordinating with Silicon Valley tech giants to develop robust countermeasures and information-sharing protocols to protect intellectual property.

People's Republic of China CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0
People's Republic of China
Country in East Asia
White House
Czech company
Michael Kratsios
Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012 (born 1953)