distillation
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Musk Sues OpenAI for Stealing a Charity While Stealing Its Models
Under oath, Elon Musk admitted xAI distilled OpenAI technology to train Grok. He is also suing OpenAI for abandoning its mission. Both things are true, which is the problem.
The Distillation War: China Is Copying US AI Models at Scale and Washington Doesn't Know What to Do About It
The White House accused China of industrial-scale AI theft through model distillation. The State Department sent a global cable. Congress is advancing the MATCH Act to choke off chip equipment. None of it addresses the core problem, which is that distillation is not crackable by export controls.
The US Just Sent Every Embassy in the World a Warning About DeepSeek. The Timing Is the Message.
A State Department cable accusing Chinese AI labs of industrial-scale IP theft landed the same week DeepSeek launched V4. Coincidence is not the right frame.
The White House Says China Is Copying America's AI. The Timing Is the Story.
A memo accusing China of industrial-scale AI theft lands three weeks before Trump visits Beijing. That's not a coincidence.