OpenAI Says It Was Hit by Organized Distillation, Points Finger at Moonshot AI
Summary
In a post on its official website, OpenAI said it was hit by an organized "adversarial distillation" campaign beginning in the first week of July, with traffic surging on July 24-25 when more than 4,000 users made 16,000 requests; a follow-up investigation found over 15,000 users showing similar prompt activity, and the operation was fully blocked by July 28. OpenAI said it still does not know the attacking entity but believes the core group is linked to Moonshot AI, the developer of the Kimi model, and has shared information with industry partners through the Frontier Model Forum.
Bubble analysis
This story is about model distillation and an IP dispute — friction over technology competition and compliance — and carries no capex, valuation or funding figures, so it offers almost no direct evidence on whether AI is in an investment bubble. At most it suggests the leading models' edge is being chased down quickly, which could shift expectations about some companies' moats, but there is no money or investment data here to support a bubble judgment.
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