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OpenAI ties large reasoning-distillation campaign to people linked to Moonshot AI

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OpenAI reported disrupting a July 2026 campaign to extract its models' hidden reasoning, peaking at 16,000 extraction attempts from over 4,000 accounts on 24-25 July within a wider cluster of 15,000+ users. It attributed a core cluster to individuals associated with Moonshot AI, maker of Kimi, closed a technique for replaying encrypted reasoning, and shared indicators via the Frontier Model Forum and government channels.

Why it matters

It puts distillation by rival labs on the record as a security threat, likely feeding US debate on restricting Chinese access to American model APIs.

SourceOpenAI Checked against the primary source. Independently fact-checked on 7 Oct 2026.
OpenAIMoonshot AIFrontier Model Forum

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