Observed arrival · 2026-09-05
Global Distillation maps the politics and mechanics of smaller AI models
A public compendium examining AI model distillation through academic, financial, political, company, developer, and customer perspectives.
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The compendium divides distillation into eight perspectives, including academic history, market economics, geopolitics, company practice, developer tooling, and model buying decisions. Its visible reference layer includes 27 methods, 130 dated events, and 599 catalogued sources, with source links attached to figures such as citation counts, model downloads, inference prices, and reported market effects. A search control, perspective comparison, methodology link, and cross-cutting timeline provide several routes through the material.
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