China probes DeepSeek, Moonshot over possible data transfers to Anthropic's Claude
By MLex Staff ( September 24, 2026, 08:59 GMT | Insight) -- Chinese artificial-intelligence startups DeepSeek and Moonshot AI are under investigation in China over possible transfers of sensitive user data to Anthropic’s Claude model, MLex has learned. The probe follows allegations in a report the US AI company published earlier this month about illicit efforts to distill its models. The Cyberspace Administration of China is understood to have opened the investigation recently. Chinese artificial-intelligence startups DeepSeek and Moonshot AI are under investigation over possible transfers of sensitive user data to Anthropic’s Claude model, MLex has learned. The probe follows allegations in a report the US AI company published earlier this month about illicit efforts to distill its models....
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