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How Chinese Companies Utilitize US-Applied APIs
The development and accessibility of artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly evolving, with significant implications for global competition and collaboration. A central focus is on how Chinese companies can leverage hosted model APIs from the United States, a process that seems surprisingly straightforward.
OpenAI, a trailblazer in AI developments, has indicated that its API can be used efficiently by entities such as China's Deep Seek. This showcases an established practice in the industry known as efficiency distillation. Despite the controversial backdrop, distillation remains a method that aims to enhance model performance by drawing on outputs generated by more powerful models, a practice deemed common within research communities.