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mejutocotoday at 10:42 AM2 repliesview on HN

> Somewhat. The US Gov can make it illegal to transact with, download, use, etc. foreign open weight models.

Presumably you mean in the USA (otherwise foreign means nothing)


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thewebguydtoday at 5:35 PM

Yes, obviously. The US has no jurisdiction outside of the US (except for economic sanctions, which the US could in theory put sanctions on other countries that use models from sanctioned countries).

throw310822today at 11:47 AM

Oh, you think? The US have a habit of imposing sanctions on companies that don't respect their prohibitions- so for example they decided that companies cannot offer services to a certain EU citizen in the EU otherwise they'll be in a sea of troubles. In theory, imposing these so called "secondary sanctions" is against international law; in practice, the EU is so spineless that doesn't even dare to protest.

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