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Treasury threatens sanctions after White House argues Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s Fable
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U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on his warnings to Chinese AI companies on Wednesday, saying that sanctions remain on the table after a White House official accused Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic’s Fable model.
Key facts
- U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on his warnings to Chinese AI companies on Wednesday, saying that sanctions remain on the table after a White House official accused Moonshot
- Bessent’s latest remarks come hours after the White House’s science and technology policy chief Michael Kratsios accused the China-based Moonshot of conducting large-scale distillation against U.S
- Some experts dispute the idea that Kimi K3 could have been developed primarily through distillation from Fable, which has only been publicly available since July 1
- Model distillation is a common AI training technique in which a smaller model learns from the outputs of a larger one
Summary
U.S. Model distillation is a common AI training technique in which a smaller model learns from the outputs of a larger one. “Open source is not open season on American IP,” Bessent posted on X. Earlier this week, Bessent stated that the U.S. government would examine open source models from China for signs of intellectual property theft and impose sanctions if found. Bessent’s latest remarks come hours after the White House’s science and technology policy chief Michael Kratsios accused the China-based Moonshot of conducting large-scale distillation against U.S. models.