distillation

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Distillation in AI means a process in which an AI model learns from an existing one by asking it hundreds of thousands of questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Distillation is a common practice within AI development, often used by companies to create cheaper, smaller versions of their own models.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Distillation campaigns are carried out by firms that usually operate many thousands of individual accounts for a given AI chatbot or tool, allowing them to appear as normal users.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Distillation involves training a weaker model to mimic the probability distributions of a more powerful model, often through analyzing millions of API responses to reverse engineer the “logic” behind the model’s intelligence.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

"He wanted to create fragrances. We Arabs invented the perfume-making technology, you know. Distillation, steam extraction from flower petals. He kept a kit back at the deli."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda