OpenAI, Anthropic and Google collaborate to combat Chinese AI model distillation

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google began sharing information via the Frontier Model Forum to counter Chinese firms extracting capabilities from US frontier models through distillation. OpenAI accused DeepSeek of free-riding. Reported in Business Standard on April 7. It matters because it marks rare cross-lab cooperation on IP protection and national security risks in the global AI race.