Somewhere between the speed of innovation and the slowness of institutional caution, a Chinese-built AI tool — allegedly constructed on stolen American intellectual property — found its way into a US government website, running quietly beneath the surface of public-facing infrastructure. The FBI's allegation that the tool replicated technology developed by Anthropic, a San Francisco AI safety company, raises questions that extend beyond any single procurement failure: how do nations protect the fruits of their ingenuity when the tools of replication travel faster than the rules meant to govern
US government website deployed Chinese AI tool FBI alleged copied Anthropic
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