Y Combinator's Garry Tan Wants U.S. Open-Weight AI Labs to 'Distill' Frontier Models, Too

Y Combinator's Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, too

Tan argues that frontier models themselves trained on public human knowledge so access to capable AI should be "a form of public good."

Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech

At Y Combinator’s annual Demo Day, CEO Garry Tan explained why he's less concerned about frontier AI model distillation and the existential risk of AI.

Y Combinator's Garry Tan advocates for open-weight AI labs, pushes back on distillation crackdown

Garry Tan's advocacy for open-weight AI labs highlights a tension between innovation and regulation, emphasizing openness as key to progress.

Y Combinator’s Garry Tan advocates for open-weight AI labs, pushes back on distillation crackdown

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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too

When it comes to Chinese AI labs using distillation techniques to extract knowledge from frontier model makers, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is hoping regulators stay out of it. In fact, he thinks U.S. AI labs should perhaps play the same game. “I would do nothing,” he told CNBC in an interview…

U.S. Agencies Accuse China AI Firms of Distilling Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have accused China-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies of conducting "systematic extraction" of… Read more →