Debates Over Early Access and Model Distillation
basedjensen · x · 2026-07-18
The post pushes back against the assumption that "China got early access," arguing there's no need to default to this premise. Cited sources point out that some models grant early access months in advance to specific parties, making the suspicion of "distillation from Fable or Sol" less convincing. It also acknowledges that the Kimi team has indeed made genuine innovations.
Overall, the discussion revolves around model origins, early access, and distillation controversies, but provides no new evidence or technical details.
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