AI circles debate how much Chinese progress relies on distilling US frontier models
jeremiecharris · x · 2026-09-13
- @theojaffee raises a key question: to what extent does Chinese AI progress currently depend on distillation from American frontier models?
- Quoting it, jeremiecharris goes further, calling part of it "outright theft of American frontier models."
- The exchange captures the ongoing fight over distillation legitimacy, IP, and US-China AI competition; no empirical resolution is offered.
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