Manipulating the money printer, government contracts, and law enforcement should make it possible for the US government to seize all the hardware and use it however they please if it comes to that. Some judge might approve strategic production rules applying to inference or training runs, but that may not even be necessary. The USG generally tries to avoid being that aggressive and authoritarian, for the same reason that the FBI agent does not pull his gun and point it at you when he wants to talk. Pretending that the implied threat isn’t present is both silly and common.
A hyperscaler isn’t like a central bank where it ceases to be fit for purpose if it loses its’ independence.
Manipulating the money printer, government contracts, and law enforcement should make it possible for the US government to seize all the hardware and use it however they please if it comes to that. Some judge might approve strategic production rules applying to inference or training runs, but that may not even be necessary. The USG generally tries to avoid being that aggressive and authoritarian, for the same reason that the FBI agent does not pull his gun and point it at you when he wants to talk. Pretending that the implied threat isn’t present is both silly and common.
A hyperscaler isn’t like a central bank where it ceases to be fit for purpose if it loses its’ independence.