China Investigates DeepSeek and Moonshot AI Over Alleged Data Leak to Anthropic

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has launched an investigation into AI labs DeepSeek and Moonshot AI following allegations that they secretly funneled sensitive user data to Anthropic servers. Authorities have visited both companies to interview staff, seeking to determine if data from police, military, and state-owned enterprises was compromised. The probe follows an Anthropic threat intelligence report from September 10, which accused seven Chinese firms—including Alibaba, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Zhipu (Z.ai), MiniMax, SenseTime, and Xiaomi—of "illicit distillation" of its Claude model. While the CAC initially questioned all seven companies, the investigation is now focused on DeepSeek and Moonshot.