Alibaba Faces U.S. Accusations in Expanding AI Rivalry Over Distillation
U.S. intelligence and cybersecurity officials accuse Chinese AI developers, including Alibaba, of harvesting massive data from American frontier models using distillation, alleged to involve billions of tokens across millions of requests since at least 2024. China denies the claims. The concern for Alibaba is whether Washington tightens access and compliance rules that could affect Qwen’s expansion outside China.