{"slug": "chinese-ai-firms-are-siphoning-capabilities-from-american-models-cisa-warns", "title": "Chinese AI firms are siphoning capabilities from American models, CISA warns", "summary": "China-based AI companies are using large-scale knowledge distillation campaigns to copy capabilities from leading U.S. AI models, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The agencies say Chinese firms have used the technique at industrial scale to extract restricted capabilities including reasoning, coding, and other specialized functions.", "body_md": "China-based AI companies are using large-scale knowledge distillation campaigns to copy capabilities from leading U.S. AI models, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory from the CISA, NSA, and FBI. Knowledge distillation is a standard AI training technique that uses outputs from a more capable model to help train another model. The agencies say companies in China have used it at industrial scale to extract restricted capabilities including reasoning, coding and other specialized functions, making distillation … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/09/china-malicious-ai-knowledge-distillation-against-us-companies/) \n\nThe post [Chinese AI firms are siphoning capabilities from American models, CISA warns](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/09/china-malicious-ai-knowledge-distillation-against-us-companies/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-ai-firms-are-siphoning-capabilities-from-american-models-cisa-warns", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/09/china-malicious-ai-knowledge-distillation-against-us-companies/", "published_at": "2026-09-09 09:55:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-09 10:12:21.234386+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["CISA", "NSA", "FBI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-ai-firms-are-siphoning-capabilities-from-american-models-cisa-warns", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-ai-firms-are-siphoning-capabilities-from-american-models-cisa-warns.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-ai-firms-are-siphoning-capabilities-from-american-models-cisa-warns.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-ai-firms-are-siphoning-capabilities-from-american-models-cisa-warns.jsonld"}}