Just like frontier models get away with things no humans would.

> an international scandal if a normal country did it

Russia, China and America each have notable offensive cyberwarfare capabilities. (Pyongyang is a nuclear-armed cybercrime ring at this point.)

All normal countries spy on their enemies and all normal countries spy on their friends. All normal countries use cyber-espionage. All normal political groups condemn the actions of groups they oppose and excuse the same actions when committed by those they support.

Did we forget about Snowden?

More specifically, it can steal military and tech secrets from the USA and keep getting invited back. Total impunity.

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