A leading U.S. artificial-intelligence company alleged that Chinese-affiliated research labs orchestrated roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts to systematically harvest outputs from its models and related tools, effectively skirting export curbs and internal safeguards. The firm said it disabled the accounts, tightened verification and rate limits, and notified U.S. authorities, while pressing for clearer rules around identity checks and foreign access to advanced AI. The disclosure comes as Washington expands restrictions on China’s access to cutting-edge chips and software, intensifying compliance burdens for AI providers and raising the stakes in the U.S.-China tech rivalry. Security analysts say the case highlights how bot networks, proxies and low-cost cloud resources can launder access to U.S. technology, warning that similar schemes are likely without stronger defenses.
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