Jensen Huang on Model Distillation: It's a Fundamental Way of Learning, Not Copying
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-08-06
When asked whether open-source model companies should be allowed to distill closed-source models, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that distillation is not copying, but a fundamental way of acquiring intelligence.
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