Bridged Self-Distillation Enables On-Policy Learning from Reasoning Traces
October 19, 2026
Bridged Self-Distillation (BSD) allows smaller students to distill reasoning capabilities from stronger teachers by using reasoning traces as privileged context. The framework addresses mismatches in solution complexity and token-level probability compatibility.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderThis provides a more effective way to compress powerful reasoning models into smaller, deployable students.
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researcherYou can use this framework to bridge the gap between teacher and student reasoning capabilities.