EventPolicyJuly 22, 2026
White House accuses Moonshot of distilling US AI models for Kimi K3

White House official Michael Kratsios said Moonshot used deceptive practices to extract data from Anthropic's Fable 5 model and accessed banned Nvidia chips to build its Kimi K3 system. OpenAI President Greg Brockman called Kimi K3 "pretty good" but was unsure if it was distilled.
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OpenAI President Says Kimi K3 ‘Pretty Good,’ Unsure If Distilledbloomberg.com
White House accuses Moonshot of siphoning Anthropic datathenewstack.io
❗NEWS❗The former Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Presidential Science Advisor stated that Kimi K3 was distilled from Anthropic's Fable.reddit.com
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