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Tom's Hardware · United States · Anthropic accuses Alibaba of largest-ever AI distillation attack on Claude
Detailed breakdown of the distillation mechanics: 25,000 fake operator accounts, 28.8 million exchanges over 45 days, stripping safety alignment while preserving competency, exceeding the February 2026 Chinese lab cluster (DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax combined, ~16 million exchanges) by 80%.
“The scale of Alibaba's campaign exceeded the combined total of DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax campaigns identified in February 2026.”