DeepMind Researcher Sholto Denies Rumor of Training on Rival Model Logs
apples_jimmy · x · 2026-09-08
Responding to a circulating rumor that a frontier lab trained on rival models' conversation logs, DeepMind researcher @sholtodouglas publicly stated "there is no way this happened," urging people not to let the rumor spread. Booster @applesjimmy adds that Sholto called the training-on-logs claim flat-out bullshit.
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