As Anthropic tightens restrictions on access to Claude in China, users keep finding new workarounds, from proxy services to fake identities sourced on Telegram.

The AI company says the Chinese e-commerce giant used swarms of fake accounts to illicitly “extract” the chatbot’s capabilities.

Anthropic said in the letter that distillation is a way to help accelerate China's ability to reach Anthropic's advanced Mythos Preview capabilities.