Anthropic Reports Progress Against Claude Distillation Attacks as Nathan Lambert Criticizes Its Regulatory Appeals
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Anthropic said it has made significant progress over the past few months in reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks against Claude and published a research post explaining its defenses. Nathan Lambert criticized Anthropic for seeking regulatory help before taking these steps. He also challenged the company’s emphasis on the security risk of learning harmful behaviors through its API, arguing that Anthropic should not host the API if it is unsafe. Lambert said he hoped the reported progress would reset the conversation.
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- 10/13 21:38 (UTC+8) · 1 reportsNathan Lambert says Anthropic’s request for regulatory help preceded its distillation defensesNathan Lambert · X：Nathan Lambert says Anthropic’s request for regulatory help preceded its distillation defenses
- 10/13 07:58 (UTC+8) · 1 reportsAnthropic Explains Its Progress Against Distillation Attacks on ClaudeAnthropic · X：Anthropic reports progress in reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks against Claude
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- Nathan Lambert says Anthropic’s request for regulatory help preceded its distillation defenses
It’s bizarre to me how much noise Anthropic made asking for regulatory help before doing this. Hopefully this can reset the conversation. It was doubly bizarre because they emphasized the security risk of learning harmful behaviors from their leaky API. If the API is unsafe, don’t host it. Anthropic says it has made progress in reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks against Claude and explains how: https://www.anthropic.com/research/distillation-defenses
- Anthropic reports progress in reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks against Claude
Anthropic says it has made significant progress over the last few months in reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks against Claude. The company explains how in this post: https://www.anthropic.com/research/distillation-defenses
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