{"podcast":{"title":"Generative AI 101","slug":"generative-ai-101-6932184","podcast_index_feed_id":6932184,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/generativeai101/feed.xml","website_url":"https://generativeai101.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18828923/2026-Podcast-Cover-GenAI-101-002.jpg","author":"Emily Laird","episode_count":338,"summary":"Welcome to Generative AI 101, your go-to podcast for learning the basics of generative artificial intelligence in easy-to-understand, bite-sized episodes. Join host Emily Laird, AI Integration Technologist and AI lecturer, to explore key concepts, applications, and ethical considerations, making AI accessible for everyone.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T00:18:23.945962+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184"},"episode":{"title":"What is Model Distillation?","slug":"what-is-model-distillation","published_at":"2026-08-04T10:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184/what-is-model-distillation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184","url":"https://generativeai101.podbean.com/e/what-is-model-distillation/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n3wfgk66xgr2gj3f/ModelDistillation-Final.mp3","summary":"Elon Musk said under oath that xAI partly distills OpenAI's models, and the courtroom gasped. Host Emily Laird takes apart what model distillation actually is, why hiding chain of thought was never a real defense (fabricated reasoning traces deliver roughly 96.7 percent of the value of genuine internal access), and what 24,000 fraudulent accounts look like when no vulnerability was exploited and the product worked exactly as designed. The uncomfortable part is structural: every dollar spent making a model cleaner and safer makes it a better teacher for whoever is copying it. Capability transfers through distillation, safety does not, and nobody has ever un-released 2.8 trillion parameters. 🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup 📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/ 💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird","meta_description":"Elon Musk said under oath that xAI partly distills OpenAI's models, and the courtroom gasped. Host Emily Laird takes apart what model distillation actuall…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":880,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/generative-ai-101-6932184/episodes/what-is-model-distillation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184/what-is-model-distillation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}