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Xiaoyin Qu
Coverage of Xiaoyin Qu in the Nexus archive.
- This AI shortcut could destroy the industry's profits
AI distillation, a technique where models are trained using outputs from other AI systems, is becoming a competitive tool that threatens the profitability of major AI companies. US firms like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google warn that rivals, including Chinese companies like Alibaba and Z.ai, may use distillation to replicate their models cheaply, undermining investments in data and computing power.