TechMeme July 13, 2026
Sources: US officials estimate unauthorized distillation costs US AI labs up to $6B/year; Silicon Valley told the Trump admin it could be an existential threat (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)
US officials estimate unauthorized distillation costs US AI labs up to $6B/year. Silicon Valley warned the Trump administration it could be an existential threat. Anthropic and OpenAI warned about "adversarial distillation".