They might well do that, but that takes a lot of time and money to implement, meaning that the government’s goal of causing them immediate pain for minimal effo

They might well do that, but that takes a lot of time and money to implement, meaning that the government’s goal of causing them immediate pain for minimal effort is still achieved. It’s likely a better use of anthropic’s resources to try to get the export controls lifted by appeasing the government. I’m not saying that’s a good thing; it’s a stupid situation to be in in the first place for reasons many others in this thread have pointed out.