Stolen AI Reasoning Could Help China Build Cheaper Rivals

A flaw in OpenAI's compaction process has been discovered, allowing researchers to transfer reasoning traces between models. This vulnerability could potentially enable the creation of a rival AI at a lower cost. The finding suggests that stolen AI reasoning could be used to develop cheaper alternatives. This could have implications for the development of rival AI models, possibly including those in China. The discovery was made by Xint, which revealed the flaw's potential to facilitate the distillation of a rival AI.