White House accuses Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s Fable

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios accused Chinese AI company Moonshot of distilling Anthropic's Fable model to create its K3 model. Kratsios described the activity as a 'large-scale' plot. The accusation was made publicly, though specific evidence was not detailed in the excerpt.

Distillation is a technique where a model learns from another model's outputs, often to create a smaller or more efficient version. The White House's statement suggests that Moonshot used Anthropic's model without authorization.

The accusation adds to the debate about the balance between open-source AI development and national security concerns.