Can You Nationalize a Frontier AI Lab? - by John Allard
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Notes on coercion, tacit knowledge, and the fragility of the frontier
Maps and Territory Can You Nationalize a Frontier AI Lab? Notes on coercion, tacit knowledge, and the fragility of the frontier John Allard Mar 03, 2026 26 7 Share The Sea of Ice — Caspar David Friedrich In February of 2026, the Department of War and Anthropic had a very public spat . It ended with the designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, after the DoW had threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act to compel changes to Anthropic's terms of service. While it's still not clear how the DPA could have been applied in this specific case ( Lawfare has a great breakdown here ), the m
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