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Anthropic alleges Alibaba used fake accounts for AI theft.

6/25/2026

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Anthropic alleges Alibaba used thousands of fake accounts to steal its Claude AI model on an industrial scale.
On June 10, Anthropic sent a letter to Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren accusing Alibaba of a massive Claude extraction campaign.
Anthropic estimates the operation involved nearly 29 million Claude queries through fraudulent accounts.
Alibaba denies the claims and has sued the U.S. government to remove its name from the Pentagon blacklist.

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Anthropic alleges Alibaba used thousands of fake accounts to steal its Claude AI model on an industrial scale.
On June 10, Anthropic sent a letter to Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren accusing Alibaba of a massive Claude extraction campaign.
Anthropic estimates the operation involved nearly 29 million Claude queries through fraudulent accounts.
Alibaba denies the claims and has sued the U.S. government to remove its name from the Pentagon blacklist.