According to Michael Kratsios, the White House science policy office says Chinese entities are using large-scale proxy networks and jailbreaking tactics to distil U.S. frontier AI systems, intensifying concerns over intellectual property and technology security.
Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, circulated a memo on April 23 accusing Chinese entities of carrying out deliberate, industrial-scale efforts to distil and steal U.S. frontier AI systems. According to the memo, the campaigns use tens of thousands of proxy accounts as well as jailbreaking techniques to extract American artificial intelligence. The allegation frames AI model extraction as both an intellectual property and national technology security issue. The source identifies the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Kratsios by name, but does not specify which Chinese entities were involved, which U.S. AI companies were targeted, what evidence was cited, or what specific U.S. response measures may follow.