OpenAI’s Astra Model Becomes Top Distillation Target for China’s AI Labs

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据The Information报道，OpenAI的Astra模型已成为中国AI实验室的首要蒸馏目标，Moonshot AI在开发Kimi K3.1 Pro时蒸馏了Astra，DeepSeek的V4.1-Flash升级版也受益于对Astra的蒸馏，此前Claude模型曾是中国实验室的主要蒸馏对象。

According to The Information: Moonshot AI distilled Astra during the development of its new model, Kimi K3.1 Pro, which was released last week, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter. Similarly, DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash 1017, an Oct. 17 upgrade to its V4.1-Flash model that demonstrated substantial improvements from the original version released in September, also benefitted from distilling Astra, according to two other people with direct knowledge of that. Until recently, Anthropic’s Claude models were the biggest target of Chinese distillation efforts. Moonshot didn’t comment. DeepSeek didn’t respond to a request for comment. Anthropic and OpenAI have both repeatedly accused Chinese labs including Moonshot and DeepSeek of distilling their models. https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/2115610660470186480
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