As U.S. AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic continue to accuse Chinese firms of using 'model distillation' to replicate their advanced technologies, Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator, has expressed a different viewpoint. He stated that if it were up to him, he would 'take no action' on the issue of distillation and believes that current regulations should not focus on combating distillation but rather on more pressing risks. Tan pointed out that the copyright issues surrounding training data remain unresolved, making it logically untenable to single out distillation for blame. He advocates for maintaining accessibility to open-weight models while preserving the price premium of frontier laboratories, seeking a balance between the two. Additionally, Tan emphasized the importance of AI safety, arguing that priority should be given to addressing imminent threats such as cybersecurity vulnerabilities and the misuse of biological weapons, rather than over-focusing on distillation or doomsday extinction scenarios.