Elon Musk testifies xAI used OpenAI's models to train Grok via model distillation
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Summary
During the Musk v. Altman trial, Elon Musk testified that his AI startup xAI used OpenAI's models through a process called model distillation to train its Grok AI model. Model distillation is a common industry practice where a larger "teacher" model helps train a smaller "student" model. Musk acknowledged this was "partly" true when questioned about xAI using OpenAI's models to improve Grok.
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Model distillation [is] a common industry practice by which one larger AI model acts as a 'teacher' of sorts to pass on knowledge to a smaller AI model, the 'student.'
Elon Musk said it was 'partly' true that xAI had used model distillation of OpenAI's models to improve Grok.
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