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White House accuses China of 'industrial-scale' AI technology theft weeks ahead of Trump-Xi summit

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OSTP Director Michael Kratsios accused China and other foreign entities of "industrial-scale" AI theft, saying the U.S. will take action to protect American innovation.

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  1. FOX Business

    White House accuses China of 'industrial-scale' AI technology theft weeks ahead of Trump-Xi summit (opens FOX Business)

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    OSTP Director Michael Kratsios accused China and other foreign entities of "industrial-scale" AI theft, saying the U.S. will take action to protect American innovation.

  2. Washington Examiner

    China conducting industrial-scale espionage to steal US AI: White House (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Science and technology director Michael Kratsios said China is stealing American AI models to remake them and sell at a cheaper price.

  3. Gizmodo

    Trump Admin Accuses China of ‘Industrial-Scale’ Theft of AI Tech. What Does That Even Mean? (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    Wow. I didn't know that. What else can you say? I'm actually sad to hear that.

  4. CNN

    White House accuses China of copying American AI models in ‘industrial-scale’ campaign (opens CNN)

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    Foreign entities primarily based in China have conducted “industrial-scale” campaigns to crib frontier AI models from US companies, Michael Kratsios, White House director of the office of science and technology policy, said in a memo on Thursday.

  5. The American Conservative

    U.S. Accuses China of ‘Industrial-Scale’ AI theft (opens The American Conservative)

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    State of the Union: China called the accusations ‘pure slander.’

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