The AI Race Just Got Awkward
If you read the news headlines these days, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Western labs are getting spawn-camped by Chinese labs en masse. The Distillation Drama Not a week goes by when Anthropic doesn’t release another article on how the Chinese are distilling their models, becoming a danger to humanity itself, etc. It’s beneficial for them to say that because it sets the ground for these models to be restrained legally and regulatorily later on.
- ▪If you read the news headlines these days, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Western labs are getting spawn-camped by Chinese labs en masse.
- ▪The Distillation Drama Not a week goes by when Anthropic doesn’t release another article on how the Chinese are distilling their models, becoming a danger to humanity itself, etc.
- ▪It’s beneficial for them to say that because it sets the ground for these models to be restrained legally and regulatorily later on.
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| Canonical URL | https://insufferable.dev/posts/the-ai-race-just-got-awkward/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:50:11 +0000 |
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If you read the news headlines these days, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Western labs are getting spawn-camped by Chinese labs en masse. The Distillation Drama Not a week goes by when Anthropic doesn’t release another article on how the Chinese are distilling their models, becoming a danger to humanity itself, etc. It’s beneficial for them to say that because it sets the ground for these models to be restrained legally and regulatorily later on. But it’s clear that the days of mindless distilling are over. Not just over. The new game in town is adopting Chinese labs’ advances. Note how I call this adoption instead of the more vitriol-infused “stealing” that Anthropic tends to use.
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