Spotting Distillation Traces Through Model Self-Reporting
RyanGreenblatt · x · 2026-07-19
This reply discusses a research/writing outcome regarding distillation, focusing on inferring its presence through model self-reporting.
The author mentions:
- K3 frequently claims to be claude-opus-4-5-20251101, whereas Claude itself does not.
- However, this could also just come from other pre-training data, so it can't be taken as direct evidence of distillation.
- It didn't mention Mythos/Fable, which the author considers a "slightly reverse" piece of evidence, though still very limited.
Overall, this is a research-oriented discussion centered around "how to determine distillation sources from model outputs."
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