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Model Distillation

A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Model Distillation - the shows and 10 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Model distillation has emerged as a focal point in AI strategy, with Anthropic publicly accusing Alibaba of distillation attacks on Claude while companies like Shopify demonstrate the commercial value of deploying smaller, optimized models in production environments. The tension between open-source model compression and proprietary model protection is reshaping how enterprises evaluate AI spending and deployment decisions.

Best shows on Model Distillation

Best episodes on Model Distillation

  1. Small Models, Massive Wins: The New Shopify AI Formula

    Beyond The Pilot: Enterprise AI in Action · 2026-06-24

    85 / 100
  2. 20VC: Dario and Anthropic Declare War on Open-Source | Coinbase Slash AI Spend by 50% | Kalshi's $40BN Valuation and Impending IPO | Bending Spoons: Smartest IPO of 2026 and the Year for SaaS Roll-Ups

    The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · 2026-07-02

    78 / 100
  3. DeepSeek's Cost-Efficient Model Training ($5M vs hundreds of millions for competitors)

    Data Hurdles · 2025-02-22

    73 / 100
  4. AI Hype Detox for Manufacturers and Distributors with Heather Hershey

    B2B Commerce UnCut Podcast · 2026-02-12

    71 / 100
  5. Uncovering Banned Content with AI A Deep Dive

    AI Applied · 2026-07-06

    65 / 100

    And by the way, we talked recently in an episode about the model distillation attack that Alibaba did on, uh, Anthropic.

  6. Do You Even Need That Trillion-Parameter Model?

    The Enterprise AI Show · 2026-08-05

    63 / 100
  7. The Claude Fable Saga - The 443 Podcast - Episode 375

    The 443 · 2026-06-22

    58 / 100

    And like you said, when it detects abuse or even like any attempt to do something related to cybersecurity, biology, chemistry or model distillation, it automatically drops down to Claude Opus 4.8.

  8. Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Distillation Attack on Claude

    Machine Learning Podcast · 2026-06-25

    50 / 100

    Model distillation on OpenAI.

  9. Why AI Model Exports Are the New National Security Flashpoint

    ChatGPT and Beyond with Fexingo · 2026-07-23

  10. Why AI Inference Costs Are About to Plunge Again

    ChatGPT and Beyond with Fexingo · 2026-07-16