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PublishedSeptember 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Knowledge Distillation During Mid-Training Favors Reasoning over Factual Recall
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arXiv:2609.01532v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Logit-based knowledge distillation (KD) is used to train smaller language models (LMs) via supervision from stronger teachers, but whether its benefits are consistent across training stages remains unclear. Through controlled experiments, we find that
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