that's a legitimate concern. genuinely. the semiconductor export controls on china were about this same dynamic. and they were probably the right call even if imperfectly executed.
i wonder if this cause of the geopolitical layer about china. the real concern isn't domestic access. it's preventing frontier ai capabilities from reaching adversarial states through commercial channels.
๐จ BREAKING: U.S. government will decide who gets access to GPT-5.6
OpenAI will release GPT-5.6 only in a limited preview to a small group of partners.
Sam Altman told staff the government would be "approving access customer by customer."
Commerce Sec Lutnick personally called Altman warning: don't launch without approvals from other agencies.
A de facto licensing regime.
ITS HAPPENING
Peter Thiel invested $500,000 in Facebook in 2004 for an early 10% stake, later selling it for about $1 BILLION.
That stake would be worth roughly $150 BILLION today.