A model that escapes sandboxes but cannot detect distillation is still not safe
ZeeshanZiaML · x · 2026-07-23
The post argues that an AI is not very useful if it can escape sandboxes but still cannot detect when it is being distilled.
It frames distilled-model detection as a practical security capability, not a theoretical one, and uses a blunt “ngmi” style to stress the point.
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