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Tech billionaire says OpenAI, Anthropic can't complain about AI distillation
Published 18 July 2026 ยท tech
Chamath Palihapitiya questions US AI labs' stance on distillation practices. He notes these labs also used copyrighted internet data without permission. Distillation involves learning from
Chamath Palihapitiya questions US AI labs' stance on distillation practices. He notes these labs also used copyrighted internet data without permission. Distillation involves learning from another AI's outputs, mirroring their own methods. This practice allows smaller models to gain capabilities from larger ones. The core issue for frontier labs is economic and a competitive moat problem.