Not allowing it to be used by any foreign national, from any country, even if they are located in the United States or an employee of Anthropic, seems overly broad and harsh. And all because of a seemingly minor potential jailbreak exploit. There’s something that doesn’t quite meet the eye here.

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Polizeiposaune 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

The scope of who is allowed to continue using it sounds like it is aligned with other US export controls (like ITAR and EAR).

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itopaloglu83 2 days ago | parent [-]

Seems like many people are unaware that export controls apply to software as well.

BPS Space channel on YouTube made a collaboration with Mark Rober on a self landing rocket with a small engine, and all the experts they contacted would just stop responding the moment they asked something about the final phase of the flight. They later learnt that export controls bans those individuals from even discussing such topics with them.

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cheesecakegood 2 days ago | parent [-]

Right. For those who didn’t catch the text between the lines, it’s because terminal phase precision guidance is basically the same tech as smart bombs.

	▲	Polizeiposaune a day ago \| parent [-]
		Smart bomb targeting is more of a subset of the tech required for precision landing. Smart bombs just need to get to the target coordinates. A reusable rocket needs to get there with zero velocity, while pointed straight up, with minimal pitch/yaw/roll. Pretty much all of the barge landing failures shown in "How Not to land an Orbital Rocket Booster" would have been accurate enough to put a warhead on target.

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csto12 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, because this government is known for its subtlety…

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Tossrock 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Well, there is the lingering beef between the DoD and Anthropic. Knowing the overall level of maturity at the top levels of the US government, I'd take good odds on Mythos just being a good excuse for Hegseth & co. to lash out.

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DetroitThrow 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unfortunately this is how export controls work. We don't let foreign researchers around national security parts of national labs, even if they work there, because it's simply the easiest security measure you can take. It doesn't mean it's a good outcome for researchers or research. It's insurance of US directed funds.

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aunty_helen 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's because the hammer they've used is export controls which deals with FN access. It's particularly nasty and can ramp up to "if you're born in China even if you spent the second and every day since then in the usa and have us citizenship, you're not allowed to see this information"

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yoyohello13 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, it’s about Amodei refusing sucking Hegseth's dick a few months ago.

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kube-system 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

This administration is not known for their well calculated decisions