# Behind the ‘distillation’ pretext lies U.S. hegemony

https://mins.news/en/item/101169

- China News Service, 2026-10-15 09:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-10-15/detail-ihfmcrte5288435.shtml

> The NSA, CISA and FBI jointly accused Chinese AI firms of using “industrial-scale” distillation to obtain capabilities from advanced U.S. models. The article says China rejected the charge as baseless and argues Washington is invoking security to pursue industry monopoly and technological hegemony.