[SpicyLemonZest]

That doesn't really make sense. If Amazon wanted to build hype, wouldn't they have talked publicly about this? What's the point of working hard on a hype strategy and then delivering it only in private to government officials?

[throwaway85825]

The export ban exists to hype the capabilities of the much more expensive but only marginally better model.

[SpicyLemonZest]

The model that they can't currently sell at all because they don't have the capability to limit it to US persons?

[throwaway85825]

Opus was already rate limited. If the capacity isn't there its better just used for hype.