Comment by Aurornis
1 day ago
There is a long history of US export restrictions on technologies. They have all been temporary.
It would be extraordinary if this was the beginning of the first ever permanent technology export restriction.
1 day ago
There is a long history of US export restrictions on technologies. They have all been temporary.
It would be extraordinary if this was the beginning of the first ever permanent technology export restriction.
Temporary as in it lasted for quite some years, not temporary as in it was dropped within months. That's a very long timescale for this sort of field.
From outside the US, there has been so much "extraordinary" stuff happening in US politics recently that it's almost expected now.
It doesn't matter, because people are adopting AI now, and even if the restrictions are lifted tomorrow, it has been proven that relying on an American SaaS is risky, because you can just lose access.
So why would you get that instead of self-hosting Mistral Studio and fine tuning for your needs? Or going fully DIY with e.g. OpenShift AI and open source Chinese models?
That way you fully control availability, costs and quality.