This is a false equivalency. American providers don't answer to their government.
replyWhen the White House told Anthropic to take Fable offline - they did it. They are all going to comply with FISA warrants that the public will never see.
replyWhat? The US govt has in practice unlimited access to whatever that's hosted in the US, or even outside by a US company. It's called the CLOUD act.
replyOf course they do. See Zuckerberg's episode on Joe Rogan.
replyAnd that changes things how exactly? The problem is that American companies have been stealing our data for decades, not their ties to the government.
replyOh but they absolutely do. The difference was mainly that up to a few years ago, the American government (generally) didn't care to repress those with the "wrong" opinions. Whereas China was always quite adamant about it.
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replySure. Can you tell me why that means that it's ok for Chinese big tech to capture all our data?
replyThe government that is most likely to use your data against you is the government of the country you live in. If a foreign government wanted to use your data against you the easiest way for them to do it would ironically be to send it to your government.
replyMakes sense in short term & for personal queries. A German or Norwegian model provider shouldn’t tattle on US Southerners seeking reproductive care.
replyLong-term & software engineering fronts: I hear occasional railing against “US hegemony”. Anyone concerned that if a new tech gives rise to a different country, they’ll become the source of ire instead? (This isn’t my field, at all.)