GLOBAL AI EXPERTS PUSH BACK ON US ‘DISTILLATION’ CLAIMS AGAINST MOONSHOT’S KIMI K3 MODEL
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The global AI community has pushed back against the Trump administration’s claims that Moonshot AI’s groundbreaking Kimi K3 distilled US models, citing a lack of justification and arguing that the practice does not… In separate posts on X on Thursday, a number of AI experts called the accusations “political” and “reckless”, pointing out that an AI model’s output was not copyrighted.
According to News - South China Morning Post, The global AI community has pushed back against the Trump administration’s claims that Moonshot AI’s groundbreaking Kimi K3 distilled US models, citing a lack of justification and arguing that the practice does not…
The available RSS description adds: In separate posts on X on Thursday, a number of AI experts called the accusations “political” and “reckless”, pointing out that an AI model’s output was not copyrighted.
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- News - South China Morning Post: The global AI community has pushed back against the Trump administration’s claims that Moonshot AI’s groundbreaking Kimi K3 distilled US models, citing a lack of justification and arguing that the practice does not…
- News - South China Morning Post: In separate posts on X on Thursday, a number of AI experts called the accusations “political” and “reckless”, pointing out that an AI model’s output was not copyrighted.
- News - South China Morning Post: A Moonshot employee on Thursday hit back at the US officials’ claims that...
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