October 13, 2026
Anthropic cut distillation of its models by more than 90%
Anthropic said on Oct 13, 2026 that distillation attacks on its models had dropped by more than 90%. Distillation copies a model's capabilities without building proportionate safeguards, and these are the kinds of attacks the company fights off.
For developers who use Claude through the API, the announcement does not say whether access or pricing changes.
The 90% figure comes from the company itself; the story does not say how it was measured.