distillation
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None of the misuse cases involved Claude Fable or the powerful Mythos-class models, with the exception of one instance of distillation - the process for training smaller AI models using larger, more expensive models.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
When an oversize book was published in the months after Sept. 11, 2001, and rose quickly to the No. 1 spot on nonfiction bestseller lists, its title seemed a perfect two-word distillation of America’s mood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The agencies, including the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said the Chinese companies have engaged in “aggressive, malicious, and targeted distillation activities at an industrial scale.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
This process of using an existing model to fine-tune a new one is called distillation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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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