Should distilling proprietary models be illegal? The data-rights debate resurfaces
kalyan_kpl · x · 2026-10-11
- Developer @jamescalam argues that since OpenAI, Anthropic and others can scrape public data (artists' work, engineers' code) to train models, creators should equally be allowed to distill those models into their own — calling bans on distillation of proprietary models "illegal".
- kalyankpl agrees but notes the reality: LLM providers never allow users to distill their models, highlighting the ongoing tension between training data rights and distillation restrictions.
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