Jensen Huang says model-to-model distillation should be normal, not theft
ImaginaryRea1ity · reddit · 2026-07-27
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argues that distillation is a natural part of learning and a reason open models matter.
He says AI, like humans, learns from other models and sources of knowledge, and that treating distillation as theft misses the point. His broader claim is that model-to-model knowledge sharing will become normal as AI-generated content fills the internet, and that open and closed systems feeding each other will help the whole industry progress.
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