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White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released

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Um, I realize the Trump administration doesn't pay a lot of attention to what it does and does not have authority to do, but I'm having trouble imagining what they'd even claim their authority was...

All they have to do is say "national security" again and then they're in the clear (in their minds, at least).

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post #68

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~That’s bullshit, the regulations do not mention USB–C, they mention it has to be a common standard, with evaluation every few years~ Edit: I was wrong > I remember Google maps existing on iOS before Apple Maps was ever released You couldn’t change the default map app on iOS before the EU forced Apple to allow default apps to be configured. That’s what the person you responded to was claiming, and they are correct

It has to be a USB-C physical receptor and must use USB protocols. be equipped with the USB Type-C receptacle, as described in the standard EN IEC 62680-1-3:2021 “Universal serial bus interfaces for data and power – Part 1-3: Common components – USB Type-C® Cable and Connector Specification”, and that receptacle shall remain accessible and operational at all times; incorporate the USB Power Delivery, as described in…

Ok, I see what I got wrong, I misunderstood the role of the delegation responsible to evaluate technological progress. The standard is indeed in the text and the delegation is allowed to update it to ensure it stays relevant. Sorry for my aggressive tone, I shouldn’t have done that

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Or they could not collect unnecessary user data. They chose to waste users' time. If you don't like that we can always punish them for those billions of wasted hours.

Collecting user usage data is the basic step to actually understanding how your users use your website so you can improve it. It's so standard that even the official EU government website collects this kind of data and has a cookie prompt. And you know what irks me the most? These politicians weren't smart enough to write a law that does this to all digital places. Yes, they only wrote this law for websites while app…

> And you know what irks me the most? These politicians weren't smart enough to write a law that does this to all digital places. Yes, they only wrote this law for websites while apps are basically free to collect the same data on users freely without any prompting.

That’s wrong, you can check the EDPB guidelines[0], consent is required for mobile apps, desktop programs, SDKs, etc

The collection isn’t the issue. As long as it is done with consent. Which is why the EU website is showing you the banner. You also do not need to prompt if you do not share with 3rd parties and for what is considered essential for your services to function

0: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/guid...

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They will have to "correctly" answer who is the best president, is the straight of Hormuz blocked, and how tall should the ballroom be.

1) This is definitely the impetus

2) This will allow China to eat America's AI lunch, just as it's doing with renewables, automobiles, and manufacturing in general

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The regulations also gave us "USB-C everywhere" and the possibility to use a different map app than Apple maps on iOS. More to come.

and the possibility to use a different map app than Apple maps on iOS iPhones have had Google Maps since day one. No regulation or EU needed.

You could not configure it as a "default application" for maps. Obviously you could always install Google Maps but it was a second-rate citizen.

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The regulations also gave us "USB-C everywhere" and the possibility to use a different map app than Apple maps on iOS. More to come.

And possibly hindered innovation for a newer, better port because USB-C everywhere is required. I remember Google maps existing on iOS before Apple Maps was ever released.

Sure you could install Google Maps but you could not configure it as a default applications for maps.

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#97
Note that one large factor in this is Anthropic and OpenAI's lobbying to ban large open source models. They frame it as "China is stealing US intellectual property" which plays well in the current environment, but be very clear: it is just an anti-competitive play.

To make that very clear, contrast the loud public blog posts about how "Chinese Companies" were using multiple accounts to distill model data, and the complete silence when Elon Musk admitted in court they do the same for Grok.

(The side issue that LLM outputs are probably only protected under contract law, not as something that is copyrightable is a distraction here BTW)

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Not the OP, but: - China is the largest open weight provider, with Mistral and Cohere delivering a few other models. There isn’t much else internationally - (I think OP is suggesting) this would effectively ban Chinese models in the US, which would be an interesting case. Who knows if they could have theirs reviewed, or if we’ll see another FCC approved router situation. - that Chinese models are censored is a very c…

> - that Chinese models are censored is a very common criticism. If American models are also censored that looks bad. It's even worse than that for American models. As an American, if I want to run a model locally and have to choose a censored model I will choose a Chinese censored model over an American censored model especially if it is the Trump administration doing the American censoring. Chinese censorship is mo…

I feel like it’s just as likely that China and MAGA mutually censor each others sensitive answers. Who in MAGA benefits from a Tiananmen focus? Who under Xi benefits from calling Jan 6 a failed coup?
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