NSA/FBI/CISA advisory urges silent model degradation over suspected distillation
xuanalogue · x · 2026-09-09
A new NSA/FBI/CISA advisory on adversarial distillation stands out on two points:
- It treats model distillation as a cybersecurity threat and calls for information-sharing across AI companies—a framing that could open the door to antitrust protections for cross-company coordination.
- It recommends AI companies silently degrade models in cases of suspected distillation.
Commenters warn that given high false-positive rates, this would hurt users and researchers everywhere: legitimate usage could be silently throttled without notice.
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