# Diplomat rejects US allegations that Chinese companies copied US AI technology

https://mins.news/en/item/50732

- TASS, 2026-09-09 03:52 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2184555

> Liu Chang, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, strongly rejected US allegations that Chinese companies use knowledge distillation to copy American AI products. He called the US focus on “distillation” a deliberate attack on China’s AI development and urged Washington to respect facts, abandon bias and end containment of China’s technological progress.

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