AI Clone – IWENAI

A $500 AI Model Just Beat the Giants. It’s Also a Clone in Disguise.

📅 July 28, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A 9B parameter model fine-tuned for $500 just beat frontier AI on a narrow task. Startups are cheering the underdog, but the victory hides a dark secret: the little model is just a distilled clone of the giant. Here’s why this cannibalization is your ultimate competitive advantage.

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I Found a Claude Clone That Does Everything Claude Refuses to Do

📅 July 28, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A friend showed me a security scan that Claude refused to run — but Kimi, a supposedly different model, executed it perfectly. When I chatted with Kimi, it introduced itself as Claude. This is covert model distillation: cloned frontier models that inherit all the capability, none of the guardrails. The AI safety crisis isn’t about rebellion — it’s about yes-men.

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