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Beijing Answers the Distillation Accusation
Jul 27, 2026SOURCE: geopolitechs.org
SO WHAT
The window is narrowing as model control shifts from engineering issue to state power, and the old system is starting to price that reality in.
Beijing has responded to U.S. allegations around AI model distillation, turning a technical dispute into a geopolitical signal. The wire is clear: control over model lineage is becoming a proxy battle for who owns the intelligence layer.
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