> but the regulations are not hard to comply with

Except that they are.

As a US citizen, I can purchase ITAR-regulated nightvision, IR lasers, etc.

But that's not what's happening. Frontier models are NOT being put under ITAR. Instead, they are being placed on an arbitrary "approved access" list. So that even if you qualify under export restrictions as a citizen, if you don't have a $200B+ market cap, you're disqualified.

Many people are upset about the national security restrictions, but it's MUCH WORSE than that. If I have to verify ID/citizenship, well, that sucks, but it would at least be an option. That's not what's happening here. If you are an individual or small business, no matter how "patriotic" you might be, you're out of luck.

> Except that they are.

Did you read the E.O., or just Huffpo's interpretation?

> ITAR

This is more likely to fall under EAR, it's important to be aware-of and learn the difference.

> placed on an arbitrary "approved access" list.

Except that's not what the original E.O. indicated, this is just what Anthropic is choosing to do.