AI companies copy all written works they can get their hands on and call it fair use, if someone does it to their models it suddenly becomes "unauthorized distillation" and should be actionable in court.
The double-standard is ridiculous.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/14/ai_risk_distillation_attacks/
Seán Fobbe
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