Sources: DeepSeek and Moonshot AI heavily relied on GPT-6 Astra distillation to train models like Kimi K3.1 Pro and V4.1-Flash 1017, after Anthropic's crackdown
THE SO WHAT
Top-tier closed models are becoming upstream suppliers for entire regional model ecosystems via distillation. If you’re betting on "independent" local models, assume their capabilities and IP risk are tightly coupled to a small number of frontier providers’ policies and enforcement.
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