ByteDance founder shuns AI distillation, wary of more US scrutiny

Lily Hess

, DIGITIMES, Taipei

Aug 6, 2026, 15:48 0

Credit: AFP

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...

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