Summary
According to a post on X by @amir, The Information reports that Moonshot and DeepSeek are now distilling from OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra after Anthropic cracked down on distillation from Claude. Anthropic says the crackdown cut what distillers harvest from Claude by 90% to 99%. The post presents this as a sign that the fight over model copying is moving from lab to lab, and it cites Bindu Reddy predicting that all models will start to sound like Astra.
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What happened
The Information reports Moonshot and DeepSeek are now distilling from GPT-6 Astra after Anthropic's crackdown, which Anthropic says cut what distillers harvest from Claude by 90% to 99%. It's a sign the fight over model copying is moving lab to lab, and Bindu Reddy predicts all models will start to sound like...
Why it matters
The story points to a growing dispute over distillation, which affects AI labs, developers and businesses that rely on access to frontier models. The source is a report relayed through a social post, so the details are not independently confirmed here. Readers should watch for comments from Moonshot, DeepSeek, OpenAI or Anthropic that confirm or add context to the reported shift.
Signal Intelligence
Signal Strength 92%
Technical label WATCH
Public Interest 45
Category BIG MOVE
Reader Depth TECHNICAL
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Public Interest components
Recognizable Entity Score 90
Practical Impact Score 0
Novelty Interest Score 70
Consequence Score 18
Curiosity Score 0
Shareability Score 61
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