# ByteDance founder shuns AI distillation, wary of more US scrutiny — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:digitimes)  published 2026-08-06 07:48 ingested 2026-08-06 08:32

[original source ↗](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260806VL220/bytedance-ban-startup-training-alibaba.html)

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Credit: AFP
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming recently said that the company would not use distillation to train its AI models, even if they fall behind those of other Chinese rivals...
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