How DeepSeek used distillation to train its artificial intelligence model, and what it means for companies such as OpenAI

But the underlying fears and breakthroughs that sparked the selling go much deeper than one AI startup. Silicon Valley is now reckoning with a technique in AI development called distillation, one that could upend the AI leaderboard. 

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