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OpenAI’s Astra Model Becomes Top Distillation Target for China’s AI Labs

According to The Information : Moonshot AI distilled Astra during the development of its new model, Kimi K3.1 Pro, which was released last week , according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter. Similarly, DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash 1017, an Oct. 17 upgrade to its V4.1-Flash model that dem…

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    OpenAI’s Astra Model Becomes Top Distillation Target for China’s AI Labs

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