38 pointsby 2177 hours ago12 comments
  • SimianSci7 hours ago
    So the trend here is government slowdown of AI releases to the public. No discussion around monetary incentives either.

    I expect a negative response from markets as this basically means that the party bus just got pulled over.

  • 36 minutes ago
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  • blazespin4 hours ago
    Ban on Chinese models is coming on pretty soon. Seems unlikely they're going to shut down openAI and anthropic, but not foreign models.
    • tokioyoyo2 hours ago
      This will be a fun watch, because other countries won't rush to ban Chinese models. Fun times, fun times.
  • biffles4 hours ago
    I’m surprised to not see more commentary on this one. Much as folks may dislike AI and/or frontier labs, this is not good for capitalism, or democracy for that matter (given the actions of the executive govt today).

    Seems the writing is on the wall for increasing inequality not just financially but now intelligence and economic opportunity as a result.

    This will be particularly painful for startups and early stage businesses / SMBs that will be perpetually a step behind (likely multiple steps behind over time) companies with connections (especially those that are not above paying for connections in the admin).

    I’d suspect bans on open source models to follow, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it hits hardware as well to fully close the loop.

    • 4d4m4 hours ago
      Everyone is too busy switching to a less fussy less censored distilled model from another country
  • palpost34 minutes ago

      - [ ] transformers have hit a scaling wall
      - [x] llms are so good they're illegal now
  • TrackerFF7 hours ago
    Wonder how long before the gov. drops the banhammer on Chinese models.
    • blazespin4 hours ago
      Pretty soon I suspect, otherwise Chinese models are going to have free reign to develop brand goodwill. Question is how this impacts the international posture.
      • 4d4m4 hours ago
        They already did and a ban is practically difficult if not impossible to enforce. People resell tokens and compute.
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    • Imustaskforhelp6 hours ago
      I don't know how effective it might be though given that they would be open-weights.

      Could US theoretically ban the weights from running on its own soil, I suppose this would just put investment more within other datacenter within Europe,India,Australia and if not, then models could be ran within China itself and even at the worst case scenarios you could use a VPN to access them and VPN nowadays are using Quic/http3 so it would be indistinguishable for the most part from other normal internet traffic.

      So suffice to say I am unsure what might really happen to be honest.

  • greenavocado6 hours ago
    China, PLEASE save us!
  • AaronAPU6 hours ago
    I’m fine with this as long as they immediately approve me in particular.
  • verdverm6 hours ago
    Is polymarket the best source for when the actual release happens?

    Slightly sarcastic, but also ample evidence and charges for insider trading in the US government this year

  • 2177 hours ago
    man.
    • bigyabai6 hours ago
      How are people getting so upset over this? OpenAI asked for regulation to validate their scaremongering. Now they've allied with the government, just like they said they would.

      It's 2026 now, you can't pin your hopes and dreams on a random business that treats you like exit liquidity. When you pray to the cannibal king, you get what you ask for.

  • 2177 hours ago
    not sure if its fully real, the source is twitter and this weird paywalled website, but if it is, fuck.

    https://www.theinformation.com/articles/trump-administration...

    • Computer05 hours ago
      The information is highly respected in this space.