Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon reported the jailbreaks to the Department of Commerce, who instituted the ban

So livid right now. Anthropic overhyped Mythos, scared the living daylights out of clueless global politicians like Treasury Secretary Bessent and ECB President Christine Lagarde, and stoked a regulatory panic that may set back the entire AI industry

If this marketing is successful there is only one endpoint: A very small number of models companies (perhaps just one) become too big to fail while at the same time under the auspices of the "experts" determine what input/output models are permitted/capable of. This includes stifling alternative commercial and open source technology. At the same time—and as a result of the above—another exceedingly small set of "trusted" parties are permitted access to additional capabilities above and beyond whatever everyone else has. This will of course happen absent any oversight or transparency. This is the worst aspect of the deeply Orwellian evolution of the telephone, radio, and television before deregulation, cable, and the internet, or as banking and travel remain today. The asymmetry is not a problem or bug but THE feature.

The dating market is brutal. Elizabeth Bruch, a professor of sociology at the University of Michigan analysed data from online dating. Here are some things she discovered… -Men’s desirability peaks at ages 40-50. But women’s desirability starts highest at age 18 and falls throughout their lifespan. -Both men and women pursue partners who are on average about 25% more desirable than themselves. -Women’s prospects dim as they achieve the highest level of education. -Almost no one messages users less desirable than they are. Everyone’s understanding of their place in the hierarchy is very accurate. -Men experience lower reply rates when they write more positively worded messages.

Ok. Finished reading it. The story of Europe's failure in AI is turned into a gripping story (congratulations to the authors on finding this way to write it) and an outstanding SHOUT for action. I disagree with many things in this scenario (e.g. ASML cannot be used for leverage, I am afraid: all the EUV tech is San Diego-based (Cymer), and the chips are Nvidia, AMD, Intel, etc.) But the key insight is correct: (1) AI is THE critical technology of the future, and (2) Europe is falling badly behind on AI and running out of options. Both the economic and strategic consequences are brutal. We will write a reaction in Silicon Continent. In the meantime, please do read it. europe2031.ai/#timeline

New: Widespread objection among Senate Rs & conservative policy world to having USG take AI equity shares: “It’s not the proper role for the federal government. You can’t have the government taking private property.” notus.org/technology/senate-…

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The far left’s new war on AI is deeply misguided, and my community and other communities of color will pay the price. While countries around the world are preparing their young people for the jobs and technologies of the future, some here would rather bury their heads in the sand than equip our children with the skills they need to succeed in a world that is already changing. We must push back against this fear-driven approach and ensure our communities are not left behind once again. The future belongs to those who prepare for it, not those who pretend it isn’t coming.

Sarbanes-Oxley (and the enormous growth of private venture capital) mean companies don't need to go public anymore, and prefer not to given the compliance cost. Which of course means the small private investor has zero chance to grow assets like the already wealthy routinely do. I scan 20 years of tech life, and can't think of a single instance of regulation actually improving anything for the everyman user/investor.