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distillation

[dis-tl-ey-shuhn] / ˌdɪs tlˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distillate
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Rival U.S. firms are sharing information to detect so-called adversarial distillation attempts that violate their terms of service.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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

The still operates on the principle of distillation: sea water lying beneath the sealed cone on the black canvas is heated by the sun and evaporates, gathering on the inside surface of the cone.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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