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An analysis argues that AI is entering a 'dark period' as the US government controls access to frontier models like GPT-5.6, Mythos, and Fable, cutting off non-American entities and raising concerns about geopolitical dominance and lack of European alternatives.
The U.S. government is tightening control over AI model releases, impacting both Anthropic and OpenAI, with unclear safety goals and a lack of testing infrastructure, threatening industry growth.
The article argues that global efforts to mandate age verification for social media, ostensibly to protect children, actually risk enabling widespread government surveillance and control over the internet, undermining privacy and democratic rights.
David Sacks warns that government control over AI development could lead to censorship and surveillance, referencing Orwell's 1984 and the ancient question of who guards the guardians.