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Within less than two hours of Claude Opus 4.8 going live, users reported that when queried in Chinese with 'Who are you?', the model responded with 'I am Tongyi Qianwen' or 'I am DeepSeek'
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Sources
50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
Claude Opus 4.8 Identifies Itself as DeepSeek: Data Contamination or Distillation? A Technical Analysis
bilibili杨博士说AI6/6/2026
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UnverifiedOn the Chinese internet, conversational data containing 'I am Qianwen' or 'I am DeepSeek' far outnumbers 'I am Claude' due to higher usage and discussion volume of those models among Chinese-speaking users68% similarUnverifiedSome users chatting with Claude in Chinese would suddenly receive responses in English59% similar
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