The Chinese companies copied U.S. AI labs' intellectual property through a technique known as distillation, according to a statement from U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials. Distillation is the process of training smaller AI models using output from larger, more expensive ones as part of an effort to lower the costs of training a new AI tool.

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 : U.S. cyber and law enforcement officials on Tuesday accused Chinese AI companies of "aggressive, industrial-scale distillation activities," according to a…

Chinese artificial intelligence firms are committing “industrial-scale” theft of their American counterparts’ trade secrets to save money and bring the coveted technology to…