China summits the Mount Everest of hypocrisy with US spying complaints

China has condemned the United States over Washington's admission that it spies on Beijing's artificial intelligence programs, after CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis publicly confirmed his agency conducts espionage on Chinese research in AI, semiconductors, and biotechnology. The Chinese complaint followed a week of U.S. actions highlighting China's AI-related threats, including Anthropic's announcement that Chinese spies attempted to use its Claude AI system for malicious purposes and a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warning that China-based AI companies are conducting industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns to extract proprietary capabilities from U.S. AI models.

Reaching Mount Everest-rivaling heights of political hypocrisy, China https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/China has slammed the United States over Washington’s admission that it spies on Beijing’s artificial intelligence https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/Artificial-Intelligence programs. Beijing’s anger follows U.S. actions last week that drew attention to China’s AI-related threats. These included the AI company Anthropic’s https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/anthropic/ announcement that Chinese spies had attempted to use its Claude AI system for varied malicious purposes. CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis also publicly admitted that his agency spies on Chinese research in AI, semiconductors, and biotechnology. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency further warned https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa26-251a that, “China-based artificial intelligence AI companies are conducting systematic extraction of proprietary functionalities and capabilities of U.S. AI companies’ models through industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns that form the core — not merely a supplement — of their AI development strategy.” Stay informed.Stay ahead. Join Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most. See Options https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/subscribe/digital/ Already a member? Log in https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sign-in/ Click here to login/register your account https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/print-subscription-check