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Models distill to 4-bit with almost no loss

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Nvidia showed it can distill models to 4-bit precision with almost no loss while eyeing Intel Foundry for 2028, and Demis Hassabis is personally working on next-generation smart glasses.

Reporting date: 2026-01-31 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 31, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Models distill to 4-bit with almost no loss
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Reporting date: 2026-01-31
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-31-nvidia-4-bit-distillation
Claim: Nvidia showed it can distill models to 4-bit precision with almost no loss while eyeing Intel Foundry for 2028, and Demis Hassabis is personally working on next-generation smart glasses.
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- Welcome to January 31, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-31-2026
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