Q: Recently, some senior US officials publicly stated that they will investigate the so-called “distillation” cutting-edge model of the US by Chinese artificial intelligence companies, and may sanction Chinese companies for “stealing US intellectual property rights.” What comments does the Chinese side have on this? A: We have taken note of the situation. China has always opposed the politicization and instrumentalization of science and technology economic and trade issues by the US side, stigmatizing Chinese enterprises for various unnecessary reasons and imposing sanctions. The US side ignored the fact that Chinese companies' artificial intelligence models were released very close to those of the US, and that some of China's model capabilities are already in a leading position, and that Chinese companies are already in a leading position, and they are also threatening to suppress and sanction Chinese companies by so-called “distillation” and “stealing US intellectual property rights.” These practices have no factual basis, no legal support, and double standards in practice. They are typical acts of artificial intelligence hegemonism. Innovation is not anyone's patent. Chinese artificial intelligence companies have long been deeply involved in basic research, insist on putting equal emphasis on technological self-reliance and self-improvement with open cooperation, adhere to the concept of consultation, co-construction, and sharing, promote the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, and have achieved impressive achievements in more and more fields such as front-end coding capabilities. According to information, many American artificial intelligence companies have distilled Chinese models in R&D and training. It is worth noting that many companies in the US industry publicly oppose the US threat to sanction Chinese artificial intelligence companies. Nearly 200 US startups are urging the US government not to cut off access to China's open source model, believing that this will weaken the competitiveness of US companies. Some large US multinational companies said that model distillation is a technology widely used in the industry, and US companies should be allowed to use Chinese open source artificial intelligence models. The Chinese side urges the US side to listen to the objective and rational voices of the Chinese and US industries, correct hegemonic thinking, and stop threatening Chinese enterprises with discrediting and sanctions. For any act that substantially harms China's interests, China will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. We hope that the US side will effectively implement the consensus of the heads of state of the two countries, move in the opposite direction with China, strengthen artificial intelligence dialogue and communication, jointly promote artificial intelligence for the better, and benefit both countries and the world by promoting and improving artificial intelligence governance.

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