Recently, Anthropic has leveled allegations against a trio of Chinese AI companies—DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot—claiming that they have engaged in an extensive campaign involving over 16 million interactions with Claude. This was allegedly carried out through roughly 24,000 fake accounts, employing distillation techniques to bolster the performance of their proprietary models. Anthropic has characterized these actions as 'industrial-scale abuse activities,' asserting that they breach its terms of service. The incident has ignited debates within the AI community regarding the ethical boundaries of data utilization and technology exchange. As of now, these accusations remain unverified by official channels, and the companies in question have yet to issue a response.
