China Stole U.S. AI: DeepSeek and 24,000 Fake Accounts

24,000 fake accounts and 16 million fabricated interactions: this is how China copied Anthropic and OpenAI’s AI models without investing a single dollar in training. DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax at the center of the biggest technology espionage scandal between the U.S. and China in 2026.

The technique is called model distillation, and it makes it possible to replicate an AI system that cost billions of dollars without hacking a single server. We analyze the formal accusations from the Trump administration, former Google engineer Linwei Ding’s conviction for stealing trade secrets, what “model poisoning” is, and why the United States’ technological advantage over China is only seven months. All of this has direct consequences for access to AI in Latin America and around the world.

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