Naval says U.S. labs distill too, just through data providers and OpenRouter
naval · x · 2026-07-23
Naval says U.S. labs also distill models, just through data providers
Naval replies that American AI labs distill too. His point is that they often launder the practice through data providers and OpenRouter data rather than doing it openly.
The post is a short but pointed comment on how model distillation is handled across the industry.
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