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Comment by Salgat

3 days ago

This is signaling to non-US companies that Anthropic cannot provide reliable access to their models.

It's equally signaling that other US-based labs can't provide reliable access to their closed-weight models.

  • Not in the same way, no, because they have not been targeted, while they should have if the same rules applied, according to Anthropic's depiction of the situation.

    This is potential tyranny aimed at Anthropic, specifically.

    • For anyone outside the US this is a clear statement that either models are open or they are controlled by an erratic and hostile US government.

      Being a US ally has become meaningless, and using a company that’s not targeted today does nothing to protect you tomorrow.

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Yes, because they’re so bleeding edge and powerful.

Whether you believe that is another thing. But that’s the signal. It’s amazing marketing for them, even if a pain in the ass for customers rn

  • > because they’re so bleeding edge and powerful.

    Investors will have so much FOMO over this

This is signaling to US companies that non-US providers cannot create cutting edge capabilities for their models.

Major alarm bells should be ringing for anyone not using a US-based LLM.