US State Department issues global warning on alleged AI IP theft by DeepSeek and other Chinese firms

Indian Express and Livemint reported that the US State Department ordered a global diplomatic warning about alleged widespread efforts by Chinese AI companies, including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax, to steal intellectual property from US labs through unauthorized distillation techniques. The cable was issued around the time of DeepSeek's V4 launch. This escalates US-China tensions over frontier AI technology transfer and governance.