ByteDance founder shuns AI distillation, wary of more US scrutiny

Digitimes
Aug 6, 2026, 3:48 am109 pts
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming recently said that the company would not use distillation to train its AI models, even if they fall behind those of other Chinese rivals. His comments come as China's advances in AI have accelerated faster than expected, leading to accusations that its developers are training them…

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