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TechRepublic AI · MONDAY, JULY 27, 2026

US Threatens Sanctions Against China for Alleged DeepSeek Model Distillation.

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Distillation involves training one model on the outputs of another. The outputs in question were publicly accessible via API. The terms of service prohibited this. Sanctions are the proposed remedy for a terms of service violation. The lawyers have reviewed this. The lawyers have advised Adequate not to describe what the lawyers reviewed.

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