The US federal government, it seems, is worried that the Chinese are engaged in "distillation" from US large language models
https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/08/2003992823/-1/-1/1/CSA_CHINA_BASED_AI_COMPANIES_MALICIOUS_DISTILLATION_AGAINST_US.PDF
"China-based AI companies route distillation requests through multiple pathways to gain
unauthorized access, consequently violating U.S. AI companies’ terms of use."
I'm shocked that an AI company would do such a thing. Certainly no US-based AI company would route requests through multiple paths to gain access...right...?
Jonathan Corbet
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