2026-06-06 02:41:16
xAI Secretly Distills Claude, Continues Data Access Through Workarounds; Anthropic Leases $1.25B/Month in Chips to xAI
According to Beating, xAI spent months training its models using Claude outputs, prompting Anthropic to ban official access in January. After xAI engineers attempted to access the interface through personal accounts, Anthropic blocked those accounts as well. Undeterred, xAI pivoted to third-party