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distillation

[dis-tl-ey-shuhn] / ˌdɪs tlˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distillate
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And the practice of distillation is used in many nonmalicious contexts.

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

Anthropic isn’t the only frontier lab documenting distillation attacks.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

AI observers speculated that DeepSeek might have used distillation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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