-- China is facing accusations from the White House of systematically stealing U.S. artificial intelligence intellectual property.
Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said in a Thursday memo that Beijing uses thousands of proxy accounts and "jailbreaking techniques" to extract American AI capabilities.
He added that the moves are exploitative and allow foreign actors to "strip security protocols" and result in models that aren't "ideologically neutral and truth-seeking."
The memo, released weeks before a Trump-Xi summit, threatens to reignite tech tensions that cooled in October 2025.
Beijing said the allegations are "baseless," according to a Reuters report.