A U.S. government website employed Alibaba's Qwen AI model for public regulatory search, even as federal authorities accused the Chinese company of systematically stealing Anthropic's technology. The Federal Register, operated by the National Archives, had offered users a search feature powered by a distilled version of Qwen through Wednesday, September 16, when the tool was abruptly removed shortly after public attention drew focus to its presence. Screenshots and archived code reviewed by Reuters confirmed the Qwen3:0.6B-based search mode had been available alongside conventional keyword and semantic search options on the site's advanced query page.
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