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Jul 21, 2026

White House accuses Moonshot AI of using banned Nvidia chips and distilling Anthropic models

White House official Michael Kratsios claimed Moonshot accessed restricted Nvidia GB300 processors in Thailand and distilled its Kimi K3 model from Anthropic's Fable. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said sanctions remain on the table against Chinese AI companies over alleged IP theft.

Jul 21, 20268 sources

Top claims

▪U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated the U.S. could sanction Chinese AI companies if they are found to have engaged in intellectual property theft
▪Michael Kratsios alleged Moonshot AI used a "sophisticated internal platform" for large-scale distillation against U.S. models while trying to avoid detection
▪Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement with authors who alleged the company illegally downloaded and stored copyrighted books to train its AI

Subtopics

AI copyright & training data1 AI Regulation1 China tech & industrial strategy1 Compute, chips & AI infrastructure1 Michael Kratsios1 Model distillation1 Scott Bessent1 U.S.–China relations1

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