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What are 'trade secrets' in AI?
In AI, 'trade secrets' are valuable, confidential information like Anthropic's 'preserved thinking' methods, which give a company a competitive edge. Protecting these secrets, often through legal means and technical safeguards, is crucial to stop rivals or foreign powers from cheaply copying advanced AI capabilities, as the story highlights with 'distillation attacks'.
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