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Black-box distillation can let developers use a proprietary AI model to help train a separate “student” model, according to Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Its explainer describes a five-step process involving seed data, steering strategies and synthetic data generation.

The method matters because it offers a way to build on a model’s capabilities without access to its internal workings. CSET also flags unresolved questions about detecting these efforts, their scale and their strategic impact. That makes this a useful primer on a live AI-security concern, not proof of any particular campaign or its success.

Discuss: How much evidence should be needed before model distillation is treated as a serious security threat?

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