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AI firms follow DeepSeek’s lead, create cheaper models with “distillation”

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OpenAI , Microsoft and Meta are turning to a process called “distillation” in the global race to create AI models that are cheaper for consumers and businesses to adopt.

The technique caught widespread attention after China ’s DeepSeek used it to build powerful and efficient AI models based on open source systems released by competitors Meta and Alibaba .

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