Frontier AI firms could use government ID checks to slow model distillation
iamtrask · x · 2026-07-25
The post argues that frontier AI companies could require government ID to make model distillation harder.
- The author compares the idea to Coinbase-style identity checks.
- The claim is that companies would not need government support to slow down Chinese distillation if they were willing to add strict ID gating themselves.
- The tweet frames this as a straightforward product-policy choice, not a technical impossibility.
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