Musk says xAI trained Grok using OpenAI tech, with partial distillation

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In a California court, Elon Musk testified that xAI has used OpenAI's models to improve Grok; when asked if xAI distilled OpenAI's tech, he said 'Partly,' noting that using other AIs to validate your own is standard practice, reflecting ongoing debate over model distillation in the Musk v. Altman case.
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