Anthropic’s Senate letter alleges 25,000 fraudulent Alibaba accounts generated 28.8 million Claude exchanges between April and June 2026 to train Alibaba’s Qwen AI model.
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China’s Qwen AI Model Allegedly Benefited From 28.8 Million Distillation Attacks on Anthropic’s Claude
Anthropic’s Senate letter claims the massive extraction campaign was specifically designed to help Alibaba’s Qwen model approach capabilities of the restricted Mythos Preview.
Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Masterminding Largest Known AI Distillation Attack Using 28.8 Million Interactions
Alibaba allegedly ran 28.8 million exchanges through 25,000 fraudulent Claude accounts between April and June 2026 to extract AI capabilities and train its Qwen model.
Qwen 3.5 Updates Continue to Pressure Western Closed AI Vendors on Cost and Performance
Alibaba’s Qwen 3.5 and associated model updates maintained competitive pressure on Western AI companies, particularly in Asia-Pacific enterprise markets.