[notnullorvoid]

> loudly stating the foreign labs have been distilling their models for a while now.

They would be stating this even if it weren't true, because it fits their marketing.

While I don't disbelieve the claim outright, I highly suspect Anthropic is misleading everyone about the severity.

[ethbr1]

Distillation usage still burnishes usage numbers for IPO...

If anything, Anthropic is incentivized to track but do nothing until equity lock up expires.