241. Distillation Is Not Anti-American, Weaponizing It Is

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Learning by Shipping<br>241. Distillation Is Not Anti-American, Weaponizing It Is<br>Recent attempts at pursuing government intervention in distillation of AI models are short-sighted and technically weak arguments to attempt regulatory capture

Steven Sinofsky<br>Jul 23, 2026

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Xeet from Director OSTP and a quote from Anthropic policy leader. This post discusses the broader concept of this effort.<br>This above makes me sad. It always makes me sad to see tech companies in litigation in general and in IP litigation specifically. This compounds when any company seeks to do so under the cover of using the whole of government, trade l…

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