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distillation

[dis-tl-ey-shuhn] / ˌdɪs tlˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distillate
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He also noted claims that Chinese companies have used distillation techniques to build off of models based in the U.S.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

US President Donald Trump's Science and Technology adviser Michael Kratsios said Moonshot AI carried out the campaign through what is known as distillation - when a weaker AI model extracts answers from a stronger one.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Kratsios said Moonshot built "a sophisticated internal platform to conduct large-scale distillation against U.S. models," which allowed the company "to quickly switch between multiple methods of access to avoid detection."

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

One challenge is that smaller model-makers—including several Chinese companies—use a technique called distillation in which they harvest the capabilities of the top U.S. tools.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

All she felt was the approach, the closing-in, the dread, the dread that was as pure a distillation of fear as any emotion Isagol had ever made.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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