Agreeing with @deanwball’s comments below, Commerce’s decree seems both overdramatic and also counterproductive.
Perhaps does China a favor though. Certainly every Chinese person working in a US AI company (and there are many) will consider returning to the competition in China ASAP.
I can’t tell if this is lawfare against Anthropic in particular or extreme national-security hawkery. Regardless, it is simply cartoonish.
Users agree with criticisms of the Commerce Decree restricting Anthropic employee access as it draws industry pushback.
❗️ Commerce’s shocking decree this afternoon – which effectively shuts down Anthropic by cutting off access to many of their own employees — seems both wildly overdramatic and also counterproductive for the US AI industry.
I concur with @deanwball that the decision feels heavy-handed.
Perhaps it does China a favor, though. Certainly every Chinese person working in a US AI company (and there are many) will consider returning to the competition in China ASAP.
And investors will start to wonder whether American AI companies can thrive in this atmosphere.
If you want an example of an AI regulation that can stifle innovation, this is it.
I can’t tell if this is lawfare against Anthropic in particular or extreme national-security hawkery. Regardless, it is simply cartoonish.
@GaryMarcus @deanwball Well said, agreed.
@GaryMarcus @deanwball The border is moving inside the AI lab.
Not just chips. Not just exports. Not just countries.
Employees, passports, permissions, access logs, model weights.
Once intelligence becomes strategic infrastructure, the state starts redrawing sovereignty around access itself.