Crypto Expert Slams Trillion-Dollar AI Labs for Ignoring Model Distillation Attack Research
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-08-12
Cryptographer Matthew Green from Johns Hopkins University commented on a recent model distillation attack research. He criticized trillion-dollar frontier model labs, stating that when researchers demonstrate an attack allowing third parties to distill their models, these labs should provide minimal support ("a few crumbs") for such security research rather than dismissing it.
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