US government asserts power as gatekeeper of frontier AI models
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The Economist
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This article argues that contrary to popular narratives of American decline, the US government's ability to control access to frontier AI models—exemplified by the Trump administration ordering Anthropic to block foreigners from its latest AI models—demonstrates vast and growing American power. The piece contends that being the gatekeeper to the world's most important technology is a profound exercise of geopolitical influence.
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In an instant, everyone learned that the American government can decide who may use the world's most important technology.
You don't get much more powerful than that.
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