Audio Edition: How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

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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 first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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