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distillation

[dis-tl-ey-shuhn] / ˌdɪs tlˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distillate
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He also noted claims that Chinese companies have used distillation techniques to build off of models based in the U.S.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Some critics argue Anthropic itself has built models through a process that resembles distillation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Earlier this year Anthropic sent letters to US lawmakers warning about the practice, formally accusing Chinese firms Moonshot, DeepSeek and MiniMax of industrial-scale distillation of its Claude models.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

In June, Anthropic accused Chinese e-commerce and tech giant Alibaba of "illicitly" extracting the capabilities of its Claude AI models using distillation attacks.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

All she felt was the approach, the closing-in, the dread, the dread that was as pure a distillation of fear as any emotion Isagol had ever made.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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