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What distillation leaves behind
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What distillation leaves behind

Distilling frontier AI models copies capability cheaply but leaves safety training behind. What Garry Tan's push means for cybersecurity and AI safety.

Distillation makes fast followers, never frontier leaders
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Distillation makes fast followers, never frontier leaders

Distilling frontier models is a real, cheap fast-follow strategy for small labs - but only for verifiable tasks and legally usable teachers.