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China Accuses US of “AI Hegemonism” as Distillation Row Deepens

The distillation row over Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 has escalated into a full diplomatic exchange between Washington and Beijing. (Representative image)

China’s Ministry of Commerce has accused the United States of “AI hegemonism” and vowed to take all necessary measures to safeguard its interests, after senior US officials threatened investigations and sanctions against Chinese AI companies, including Moonshot AI, over alleged mass-scale distillation of American frontier models.