You have to be careful with the inference provider though, Chinese providers are subject to laws that mandate data sharing with their government.
However, American providers are going to be subject to secret national security letters, FISA court warrants, and regular court orders.
However, my real worry is that governments will make these models illegal in the west. They'll cite national security or some other bullshit.
I genuinely believe that will happen and soon!
People talk about a lack of moat with AI companies... that's their moat: Government intervention!
This puts American Businesses and American Developers at a massive disadvantage.
The rest of the world can choose the best model by value for the task on hand.
Americans would be stuck using only 2-3 big frontier labs and paying a huge premium for using American models.
I don't see why hundreds of thousands of American Businesses will agree to that only for the benefit of a few tech companies.