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A brief history of distillation in AI

Sergio Paniego published a brief history of distillation in AI, covering the technique's evolution and its role in post-training open models with TRL, ahead of a class on training agents.

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A brief history of distillation in AI
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Sergio Paniego@SergioPaniegoArticleA brief history of distillation in AIThis is a warm-up for Class 2 of our Training an Agent series, where we distill open models with TRL. First, a short history. Distillation is a hot topic in post-training. The latest GLM-5.2 release...3:28 PM · Jul 3, 202629.2KViews662323138138209209Read 6 replies

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