Regulation is a published rule applied equally to all the industry. Not one applied to a target for retribution or to extract submission

Anthropic published, not a two-word request for regulation, but a lengthy proposal for how regulation could work, with safeguards and due process.

Instead, one morning the administration just woke up, grabbed the nearest hammer, and went smash, like it usually does.

Yes, correct. Singling out companies based on political beefs and to incentivize everyone to curry favor is the worst way to do regulation.