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  "id": 6685605,
  "title": "Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-says-do-nothing-about-distillation-as-ai-6685605",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-11T01:37:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC Technology",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/y-combinator-garry-tan-says-do-nothing-about-distillation.html"
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  "summary": "At Y Combinator’s annual Demo Day, CEO Garry Tan explained why he's less concerned about frontier AI model distillation and the existential risk of AI.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "China hits back at US claims of ‘malicious’ AI distillation ahead of planned Trump-Xi talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/china-hits-back-at-us-claims-of-malicious-ai-distillation-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:48:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-says-do-nothing-about-distillation-as-ai",
        "published": "2026-09-11T01:37:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Asia Times",
        "title": "US calls for AI poisoning to sabotage China’s model distillation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/us-calls-for-ai-poisoning-to-sabotage-chinas-model-distillation",
        "published": "2026-09-11T02:34:37.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}