China Regulator Probes DeepSeek, Moonshot Over Alleged Data Leaks to Anthropic
China's Cyberspace Administration is investigating AI startups DeepSeek and Moonshot AI after Anthropic alleged both companies routed sensitive user data to Anthropic via its Claude model. Regulators have questioned staff as part of the probe.
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The Information : Sources: the Cyberspace Administration of China is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot over alleged data leaks to Anthropic via Claude and has questioned staff — China's internet regulator is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot AI after Anthropic alleged both companies had been routing sensitive user data …

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