Trump Administration Vows Crackdown on Chinese Companies ‘Exploiting’ AI Models Made in US

The Trump administration is announcing plans to prevent foreign companies, especially those in China, from using 'model extraction attacks' (techniques that steal capabilities from U.S.-made AI systems by training weaker AI models on the outputs of stronger ones) to copy American AI innovations. The administration says it will work with U.S. AI companies to identify these extraction activities, build defenses, and punish offenders, while Congress is also proposing legislation to identify and sanction foreign actors who extract features from closed-source U.S. AI models.