OpenAI says individuals associated with Moonshot AI played a significant role in a coordinated model-distillation campaign that began in early July (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)

OpenAI announced that people linked to Moonshot AI were key participants in a coordinated model-distillation campaign that began in early July. The company said the campaign involved extracting knowledge from large language models to create smaller, more efficient versions. OpenAI’s statement highlights concerns about the rapid, unregulated spread of distilled AI models.