One observer recalled the 1999 precedent: the DoD blocked exports of the PowerMac G4 for crossing one gigaflop, which Steve Jobs turned into an advertisement.
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A lab dispatches senior staff to Washington over its own export ban
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Anthropic dispatched senior staff to Washington to unwind the dispute that knocked its top models offline, and updated its privacy policy to warn that users may face age or identity checks via government ID and facial geometry, developers first.
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