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Elon Musk says his xAI startup's models were partially trained on OpenAI's tech
- grassfedgeek 5mo agohttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/30/technology/openai-trial-sam-altman-elon-musk https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/30/technology/openai-tr... Excerpt: Savitt jasked Musk if his artificial intelligence company, xAI, had ever “distilled” technology from OpenAI. “Generally A.I. companies distill other A.I. companies,” Musk answered. “Is that a ‘yes’?” Savitt asked. Musk answered, “Partly.” Distillation has become an increasingly important issue as companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have complained that Chinese companies are distilling their systems.