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distillation

[dis-tl-ey-shuhn] / ˌdɪs tlˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distillate
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Anthropic itself has used distillation to create its smaller, faster models such as Claude 3 Haiku and Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

But it requires a lot of nuance to differentiate between a distillation attack and a company using an AI model for legitimate purposes, he added.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

In its blog post, Anthropic said the industry would need to work with policymakers to combat widespread distillation.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

What the more casual spectator wants, and gets, is a highly dramatic, bingeable distillation of a sport that involves multimillion-dollar cars going in eccentric circles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

As for postmedieval petroleum distillation, 19th-century chemists found the middle distillate fraction useful as fuel for oil lamps.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond