Summary: The White House OSTP released a policy memo accusing China of “industrial-scale” distillation of US AI models, committing to share intelligence with US AI companies and explore accountability measures. OpenAI accused DeepSeek of distilling its models in February; Anthropic named DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot AI as having created 24,000 fraudulent accounts generating 16+ million exchanges with Claude. The Deterring American AI Model Theft Act (H.R. 8283) was introduced on 15 April. The memo arrives three weeks before a planned Trump-Xi summit on 14 May. The White House accused China on Wednesday of conducting “ industrial-scale ” theft of American artificial intelligence, releasing a policy memorandum that commits the government to sharing intelligence with US AI companies about foreign distillation campaigns and exploring measures to hold the perpetrators accountable.…