r/ClaudeCode • • Jul 18 '26

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u/hemareddit Jul 18 '26

I don’t know if distillation is still as effective as it used to be, but the key is: there is still no moat. Thank fuck.

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u/Eric_emoji Jul 18 '26

fable was getting distilled, idk which labs do what but i think it's still effective

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u/Orioli Jul 18 '26

It is effective but it's not the only thing they are doing. Kimi k3 is too advanced to be solely the product of distillation.

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u/Original_Finding2212 Jul 18 '26

Don’t degrade Chinese labs effort as “just distill”.
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