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> As a non-US citizen Opus 4.8 is the best American LLM I will ever have access to. That's no longer up for debate or question. That’s totally unclear. Things

> As a non-US citizen Opus 4.8 is the best American LLM I will ever have access to. That's no longer up for debate or question. That’s totally unclear. Things are changing fast. No statement from god or potus has come down about the future of LLMs and who can access what. And for what it’s worth, I’m not able to access fable and I’m a US citizen.

wouldbecouldbe 4mo ago
That's the implied suggestion from the verification that they can prove to only share it with US citizens
- fluidcruft 4mo ago
  My understanding was that until they can make sure it cannot be weaponized against the US, only US citizens will be allowed to use it. (Read: the US lacks authority to ban use by citizens and doesn't want to risk their hand in court, particularly since lawyers who know anything have all left US government and what remains are complete incompetent jokes who can't even win slam-dunk cases due to repeated procedural errors. The nice thing about blocking non-citizens is they are easy to bounce out of court on standing)
  - misnome 4mo ago
    Please don’t be dumb enough to take whatever they say in good faith.
- johnsmith1840 4mo ago
  Or its to stop industrialized distilation efforts? I would suprised if admin doesn't want american companies and their employees to not be over competitive with outside companies. But I do see them wanting a lever to prevent international rivals from having it.
coldtea 4mo ago
>That’s totally unclear. Being unclear is enough for people to steer clear of it...
Barbing 4mo ago
Right, if we saw an open-source Mythos release today, I’d expect it to move the government’s idea of security goalposts.
jeromegv 4mo ago
> That’s totally unclear. Lol, welcome to US foreign policy. Or US trade policy. Totally unclear, and it's a feature. Yes, lack of stability and clarity is entirely why people are steering away from the US. Yes things can change again next week, it's not a good thing.
OtomotO 4mo ago
As is everything coming out of the US these days. If you have a person as president that changes his opinions faster and more often than their underwear, you're simply not reliable.
chillfox 4mo ago
I can't build workflows on something that can randomly be unavailable for over a week. At this point the future availability of Anthropic models outside the US is very unclear.

wouldbecouldbe 4mo ago

That's the implied suggestion from the verification that they can prove to only share it with US citizens

fluidcruft 4mo ago
My understanding was that until they can make sure it cannot be weaponized against the US, only US citizens will be allowed to use it. (Read: the US lacks authority to ban use by citizens and doesn't want to risk their hand in court, particularly since lawyers who know anything have all left US government and what remains are complete incompetent jokes who can't even win slam-dunk cases due to repeated procedural errors. The nice thing about blocking non-citizens is they are easy to bounce out of court on standing)
- misnome 4mo ago
  Please don’t be dumb enough to take whatever they say in good faith.
johnsmith1840 4mo ago
Or its to stop industrialized distilation efforts? I would suprised if admin doesn't want american companies and their employees to not be over competitive with outside companies. But I do see them wanting a lever to prevent international rivals from having it.

coldtea 4mo ago

>That’s totally unclear. Being unclear is enough for people to steer clear of it...

Barbing 4mo ago

Right, if we saw an open-source Mythos release today, I’d expect it to move the government’s idea of security goalposts.

jeromegv 4mo ago

> That’s totally unclear. Lol, welcome to US foreign policy. Or US trade policy. Totally unclear, and it's a feature. Yes, lack of stability and clarity is entirely why people are steering away from the US. Yes things can change again next week, it's not a good thing.

OtomotO 4mo ago

As is everything coming out of the US these days. If you have a person as president that changes his opinions faster and more often than their underwear, you're simply not reliable.

chillfox 4mo ago

I can't build workflows on something that can randomly be unavailable for over a week. At this point the future availability of Anthropic models outside the US is very unclear.