In the short term yes, in the medium term frontier AI companies, forced by the US government, can restrict access to frontier models to US Americans. Which would accelerate the US economy over the rest of the world, while the justification will be “national security”.
Some form of ID verification, or (less precisely) IP geo-blocking. This is already done on many websites for other purposes (copyright, local laws, sanctions etc).
They can still use geo-blocking rather than no blocking at all. They also don’t have to call it “weapon export control legislation”. Apart from geo-blocking, they can refuse service payments from foreign countries. Fable wasn’t free. ID verification is also still on the table.
In the short term yes, in the medium term frontier AI companies, forced by the US government, can restrict access to frontier models to US Americans. Which would accelerate the US economy over the rest of the world, while the justification will be “national security”.
How are they going to limit access to American citizens? I have no idea whether that’s possible.
Some form of ID verification, or (less precisely) IP geo-blocking. This is already done on many websites for other purposes (copyright, local laws, sanctions etc).
I doubt IP geo-blocking is strong enough to deal with weapon export control legislation.
They can still use geo-blocking rather than no blocking at all. They also don’t have to call it “weapon export control legislation”. Apart from geo-blocking, they can refuse service payments from foreign countries. Fable wasn’t free. ID verification is also still on the table.