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OpenAI accuses Moonshot AI of role in model-distillation campaign

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OpenAI stated that individuals associated with Chinese AI firm Moonshot AI played a significant role in a coordinated model-distillation campaign that began in early July. The campaign aimed to extract data from OpenAI's GPT systems, according to a Bloomberg report.

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    OpenAI says individuals associated with Moonshot AI played a significant role in a coordinated model-distillation campaign that began in early July (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)

    Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg : OpenAI says individuals associated with Moonshot AI played a significant role in a coordinated model-distillation campaign that began in early July — OpenAI accused its Chinese rival Moonshot AI of being responsible for a wide-scale effort to extract data from its GPT artificial intelligence systems …

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