[rgbrenner]

If that happens it'll be an absolute disaster. Imagine a scenario where Anthropic and OpenAI prohibit most US companies from using their latest models because of safety.. And meanwhile attackers use equivalent open source models to attack US companies.

Any prohibition on open source models will do nothing to fix the problem.. since attackers will never feel bound to the law. All advanced models must be available for defensive purposes.

[andy99]

Right, but is there any evidence of intelligence behind any of these (government) decisions? It’s just regulatory capture + marketing (plus some people living out an imaginary fantasy that they’re in Neuromancer or something), absolutely no reason to think they won’t try and target open models as part of this.

[popalchemist]

There's at least one reason: much harder to make a profit in policing non-american companies and open-source models without huge (or even any) MRR.

If the real motive is profit, then open source models are likely simply not a viable means to that end.

[solenoid0937]

> since attackers will never feel bound to the law.

But that's the whole point.

Fall out of favor with the admin and you lose access to the good American models, aren't allowed to use Chinese ones, and fall prey to the attackers and behind your competitors.