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State Department Raises Concerns Over Intellectual Property Security
The US State Department has ordered a global warning about alleged AI thefts by Chinese firms, including DeepSeek, according to a diplomatic cable seen by Reuters. The cable instructs diplomatic staff to speak to their foreign counterparts about concerns over adversaries’ extraction and distillation of US AI models. The accusations come just weeks before US President Donald Trump is set to visit Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, and may raise tensions in the long-running tech war between the rival superpowers. The warning was first reported by iTnews.