Executive summary China-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies are conducting systematic extraction of proprietary functionalities and capabilities of U.S. AI companies’ models through industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns that form the core—not merely a supplement—of their AI development strategy. While “distillation” is recognized as a legitimate and useful technique in AI research, China-based AI companies are engaging in aggressive, malicious, and targeted distillation activities at an industrial scale that extract restricted proprietary functionalities and capabilities of U.S. frontier AI models. The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau…
When it comes to AI, conservatives should embrace free market principles over state intervention. The post Copying China to Defend America? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Copying China to Defend America? When it comes to AI, conservatives should embrace free market principles over state intervention. For much of recent history, China has sought to shed the more onerous aspects of its old command economy. After the disastrous failures of the Great Leap Forward and Maoism further impoverished an already poor nation, a new crop of leaders like Deng Xiaoping pursued market-oriented reforms intended to bring China the prosperity that capitalism had delivered for Western countries like the United States. Now, nearly five decades on, politicians in the United States—including, remarkably, many conservatives—seem interested instead in going down the path from which Beijing seems to have…Open
The European Commission has imposed its largest-ever fine under the Digital Services Act, citing AliExpress for inadequate measures to prevent the sale of dangerous and counterfeit goods.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The European Commission fined AliExpress 550 million euros ($629 million) for failing to adequately tackle the sale of unsafe and counterfeit products on its platform. This penalty is the largest issued under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) to date. DETAIL: European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen said the spread of counterfeit clothing, unsafe toys, dangerous cosmetics, and other illegal products reflected AliExpress’s failure to meet its obligations under the DSA, adding that the company must better identify and mitigate systemic risks regardless of its size. AliExpress claims it remains committed to complying with the DSA and has invested heavily in product safety, risk assessment,…Open
Chinese tech giant Alibaba is challenging its inclusion on the Pentagon's "Chinese military company" list, claiming the designation is baseless and damaging to its business operations.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba is challenging its inclusion on the Pentagon’s “Chinese military company” list, claiming the designation is baseless and damaging to its business operations. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of War , challenging its inclusion on the Pentagon’s “Chinese military company” list. The company argues that the designation is unsupported by evidence and harms its U.S. business ventures. DETAIL: The company contends it has no ties to China’s military-civil fusion strategy and says its relationships with Chinese government agencies such as the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) and the Ministry of Industry and Information…Open
The Pentagon has blacklisted Alibaba, one of China's biggest tech companies, over its links to the People's Liberation Army. Alibaba is also a key partner in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Sensitive health data from the UK Biobank, involving 500,000 participants, was found listed for sale on Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce platform, raising concerns about international data security.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Sensitive medical data from 500,000 participants in the UK Biobank health data project was listed for sale on Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce platform, the British government confirmed on Thursday. The leak has prompted an investigation by UK Biobank and the British government. While the data did not include any names or contact details, it did include other types of personal information, such as gender, age, socioeconomic status, lifestyle habits, and biological sample measures. DETAIL: Data from the UK Biobank, a major taxpayer-funded health research project which stores de-identified biological samples for half a million people, was found listed for sale on Alibaba, one of the largest retail companies in the…Open