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Z.AI, MiniMax and Alibaba fall amid DeepSeek and Moonshot probe

Shares of Chinese AI companies fell sharply on reports of investigations into DeepSeek and Moonshot AI. Accusations by the US and Anthropic of industrial distillation of American models have once again come into focus.

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Z.AI, MiniMax and Alibaba fall amid DeepSeek and Moonshot probe
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Key points

  • The decline followed a report by The Information that the Chinese regulator had launched an investigation into DeepSeek and Moonshot AI over data security concerns.
  • Anthropic said Alibaba sent more than 151 million requests to Claude from May to July 2026, while Moonshot AI and DeepSeek redirected user requests without disclosure.

Previously

  • Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3 on July 17, saying it surpasses nearly all American systems, trailing only OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic's Claude Fable 5; Alibaba released Qwen3.8.
  • Chinese AI models cost up to 90% less to operate than leading US counterparts, according to Juniper Research.
  • US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened sanctions in the event of intellectual property theft by Chinese companies.

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