Event Brief
US warns on Chinese AI model distillation
Filed: Apr 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM ET
Summary: A Trump administration memo warned that foreign AI distillation campaigns, mainly in China, are enabling copycat models.
WHO: Michael Kratsios
WHAT: warned about surreptitious, unauthorized distillation campaigns
WHEN: Apr 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: Foreign entities were releasing models that appear to match US AI models.
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