Jensen Huang says AI distillation is fundamental to intelligence, not theft
ImaginaryRea1ity · reddit · 2026-07-27
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argues that distillation is a fundamental part of intelligence, not theft.
In an Axios interview, he says AI learns the same way humans do — from other models, people, books, and other sources of knowledge. In his view, blocking that exchange only slows progress. He frames open and closed models as mutually reinforcing: broader knowledge sharing helps models improve, which in turn supports adoption, safety, developers, and the chip ecosystem.
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