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US Lawmaker Asks Five AI Firms How They Guard Model Weights From China

Khanna said theft of model weights could erase the U.S. AI lead and asked firms to detail cybersecurity protections against hostile actors.

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US Congressman Ro Khanna has asked five leading American AI companies to share what they know about attempts by China or other hostile actors to steal their model weights. The letters went to the chief executives of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX, Reuters reported. Model weights are the numbers learned during training that make […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Ro Khanna asked OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX for information on possible attempts to steal AI model weights and the defenses they employ. The congressman also consulted three Chinese laboratories and the American intelligence community.

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regionalmedianews.com broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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