Does Distributed Training Undermine Compute Governance?
Compute governance proposals often rely on the assumption that frontier AI training requires large, detectable computing clusters. However, recent advances in distributed training algorithms could allow developers to conduct frontier-scale training on distributed agglomerations of hardware, rather than needing large datacenter facilities. Developers who prefer not to be constrained by regulations may structure their hardware in a manner that evades the registration and monitoring requirements as
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Published: 28 May 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation · Environment
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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