A US government website (Federal Register) briefly used Alibaba's Qwen AI model for public comment searches before officials removed it after being flagged by social media users. This comes amid FBI claims that Alibaba is engaged in 'industrial-scale distillation' of American frontier models, highlighting a stark contradiction in US policy stance.
Background
The FBI recently accused six Chinese firms including Alibaba of industrial-scale AI model distillation, framing it as a national security concern. Meanwhile, US federal agencies continue to rely on various commercial AI tools for public-facing services.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Sep 19, 2026 at 01:28 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10