But their argument for banning the use of Chinese hardware and models is economic warfare dressed up as privacy and security measures. Of course, the intended audience knows how to read between the lines — and it’s a strategy that many agree with.

Despite their “benefits all of humanity” mission statement, OpenAI has picked sides and is following Leopold Aschenbrenner’s US security state aligned playbook. And, on this first point re fair use, they’re at least transparent.

Seriously Apple? If we want to use your AI we have to accept spelling errors everywhere?

This is a real shot across the bow of the firehose philosophy. Not maliciously I would guess, but it’s definitely going to get people thinking about the downsides to open protocols.