White House Warns of Industrial-Scale AI Model Theft

The U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a memorandum regarding campaigns to steal proprietary AI model data ^[1]. Officials claim entities primarily based in China are using thousands of proxy accounts to extract information ^[1]. These campaigns allegedly aim to replicate American AI capabilities through distillation techniques at a lower cost ^[1][2].

The memorandum highlights the use of jailbreaking methods to bypass security protocols ^[1]. This development follows the debut of DeepSeek-V4, which coincides with rising tensions in the global AI space race ^[1][2]. The White House described the scale of these efforts as industrial-scale theft ^[1].