It makes sense as a protectionist measure. They don’t care about regular people running it locally. They want to protect their OpenAI cash cow from competition. This law would allow them to go after companies using cheaper models from China forcing them to pay for the expensive models from OpenAI. And it looks like this would apply to anything derived from Chinese models, so they could even sue people running stuff like DeepSeek as a service based in US. It’s a price fixing mechanism.
If I take Deepseek and alter it’s source code, will it still be considered “Deepseek”, at what point will it stop being Deepseek? If it’s not considered Deepseek, will I be able to run a service with it?
I can’t imagine they’ll be able to ban using specific techniques to make LLMs, but I’m guessing the goal is to make sure that it’s a domestic company using US based tech.
How exactly do they plan on banning a FOSS software that can be downloaded and run locally anyway? They can’t even close thepiratebay.
It makes sense as a protectionist measure. They don’t care about regular people running it locally. They want to protect their OpenAI cash cow from competition. This law would allow them to go after companies using cheaper models from China forcing them to pay for the expensive models from OpenAI. And it looks like this would apply to anything derived from Chinese models, so they could even sue people running stuff like DeepSeek as a service based in US. It’s a price fixing mechanism.
“Time to set up my servers in Mexico.”
This raises another question, LLM of Theseus
If I take Deepseek and alter it’s source code, will it still be considered “Deepseek”, at what point will it stop being Deepseek? If it’s not considered Deepseek, will I be able to run a service with it?
asking the real questions :)
Boy, I can’t wait for “Depthfind” 🥸 🐬
I also wonder what this would mean for LLMs that use Deepseek’s techniques…
I can’t imagine they’ll be able to ban using specific techniques to make LLMs, but I’m guessing the goal is to make sure that it’s a domestic company using US based tech.