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distillation

[dis-tl-ey-shuhn] / ˌdɪs tlˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distillate
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US developers have previously accused Chinese competitors of using distillation attacks to train their models to rival American AI technology at a fraction of the cost.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Most facilities still rely on traditional approaches such as distillation and evaporation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Microsoft says it built the model "from scratch" with "no distillation" of rival models -- a common shortcut that involves copying a competitor's outputs to train a new system more cheaply and quickly.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Add it all together, and you’re left with perhaps the most fascinating and confounding player in the sport—the perfect distillation of everything that is beautiful and terribly wrong with the modern game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Also present are gunpowder, the clock, silk weaving, distillation and the saddle with stirrups.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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