The Quanta Podcast

Audio Edition: How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2026 · 8 min

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Fundamental technique lets researchers use a big, expensive “teacher” model to train a “student” model for less.
The story How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper (quantamagazine.org/how-distillation-makes-ai-m…) first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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