Chinese Firms Probing Claude Accidentally Exposed Their Own State Secrets

In an attempt to extract Claude's capabilities, Chinese companies reportedly routed 300,000+ requests that inadvertently exposed PLA surveillance operations, credentials, and police data — a rare own-goal in the AI competition.

An attempt by Chinese firms to reverse-engineer or extract Claude's capabilities appears to have backfired spectacularly, exposing sensitive Chinese state information in the process. According to @JWUpacific, the effort involved more than 300,000 routed requests that inadvertently surfaced material tied to PLA surveillance activity, login credentials, and police data.

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