EventPolicyJune 27, 2026

Anthropic accuses Alibaba of massive Claude distillation attack

Anthropic claims Alibaba used nearly 25,000 accounts to generate 28.8 million exchanges with Claude, targeting its most valuable capabilities like agentic reasoning and software engineering. The alleged attack occurred between April 22 and June 5, after Trump took steps to curb such distillation, according to a letter obtained by Ars.

1 source

Anthropic accuses Alibaba of massive Claude distillation attack — AIBriefs