Individuals can. The US GOV can make it so legally risky for US based corporations to host, download, or integrate with foreign open weight models that they become effectively illegal for commercial use. Any sort of sanctions or ICTS regulations, and you'll see them all rapidly disappear from AWS, Azure, GCP, HuggingFace, GitHub, etc.
reply> The US GOV can make it so legally risky for US based corporations to host, download, or integrate with foreign open weight models that they become effectively illegal for commercial use.
replyThey have to tighten that up so much that it would effectively result in "US Corporations cannot source anything from a foreign state".
After all, if you are allowed to outsource (for example) customer-support to EU, the company you are outsourcing it to can effectively use Kimi without disclosure.
> They have to tighten that up so much that it would effectively result in "US Corporations cannot source anything from a foreign state".
replySanctions are already that tight since they are strict liability. You do business with an overseas vendor and they use a sanctioned product, you are still liable even if you have no knowledge of its use.
In practice, outsourcing just becomes much more expensive, going through intense know your supplier audits, and you throw an indemnification clause in the contract and pass your fines onto your outsourced vendor.
The ducks at the park are free, you can just take one home with you.
replyI luv this sentence but have no idea what it means lol.
replyDo you have many ducks at home?
I think it means, just because something is accessible doesn’t mean it’s legal, permitted, or okay.
replyThe ones at home land on a dinner plate.
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