Some senior U.S. officials have said they will probe Chinese AI firms for
allegedly "distilling" U.S. frontier models and could sanction them for
"stealing U.S. intellectual property." MOFCOM spokesperson said Beijing opposes
politicizing and instrumentalizing tech and trade issues, rejects smearing and
sanctioning Chinese companies on unfounded grounds, and warned such threats
measures lack factual and legal basis, represent double standards and constitute
typical AI hegemonism. MOFCOM added the U.S. is ignoring that release timings
for Chinese and U.S. frontier models are very close and that some Chinese models
have already reached leading capabilities.
