Did OpenAI distill DeepSeek's gains? Benchmark shows OpenAI's Luna scoring just 38

teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-18

teortaxesTex pushes back on the claim that DeepSeek's V4.1 → V4.1-1017 improvement came purely from distilling OpenAI models, posting a benchmark chart where OpenAI's Luna scores only 38 — below several DeepSeek models — despite running on superior hardware yet being slower. His jab: if OpenAI can't distill a Luna that beats V4.1, how small must Luna be, and how fat are OpenAI's margins?

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