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Y Combinator CEO calls for open-weight AI model distillation amid OpenAI researcher feud

Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator, has called for U.S. companies developing open-weight AI models to also "distill" their frontier models. This comes amid an escalating dispute between OpenAI and a group of mathematicians and AI researchers who have raised concerns about the risks associated with increasingly powerful AI systems. The mathematicians, including prominent figures from institutions like MIT and Stanford, have voiced worries about the potential dangers of advanced AI, with some suggesting that OpenAI's approach to AI safety and development is insufficient. AI

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Y Combinator CEO calls for open-weight AI model distillation amid OpenAI researcher feud

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Y Combinator's Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, too https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-wants-u-s-op

    Y Combinator's Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, too https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-wants-u-s-open-weight-ai-labs-to-distill-frontier-models-too/ # AI # Startups # Tech

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    OpenAI's feud with mathematicians is only escalating https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/openais-feud-with-mathematicians-is-only-escalating/ # AI # OpenAI # Tech

    OpenAI's feud with mathematicians is only escalating https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/openais-feud-with-mathematicians-is-only-escalating/ # AI # OpenAI # Tech