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So we're evaluating the US policy on international espionage on constructed examples now?

> Let's imagine OpenAI was a Russian company

Nevermind that they're not and that Russia can't currently develop these models, due to lack of silicon. All targets I mentioned, with the exception of the brazillian oil company we're in european states, at the time (and still!) closely allied with the US.

> The distinction being made is that the NSA may steal data related to this, but they aren't just giving it to Google to make Bard better.

How would you even know at this point? Who controls the NSA? There haven't been any leaks since the Snowden revelations and there likely won't ever be any again, since Snowden could only make his move due to some misconfigured/outdated network quota control software.

Hell you can't even FOIA information about these policies, and agencies will go so far to withhold evidence in court when it concerns espionage! And soon as a court case involves this information, the court recedes from the public and is held in secret.

My hostility against US policy is by no means anywhere above the european average, but when it comes to public statements about surveillance, I have no reason to trust the US Government. The Bush administration has proven that it is possible to flout the US constitution on a massive scale with just 10-12 people. At this point I can't blame people putting forward some crazy conspiracy theories about the deep state or qanon, because the US gov has given no indication to be believably concerned about compliance with their own laws.



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