Risky Business Features

Benchmarks, borders and the true cost of AI regulation

Risky Business Features

Show Notes

The US government is flirting with the idea of regulating most open weight models out of existence. What would that mean for everyone who’s currently using them?

Policymakers who just look at the benchmarks and token costs might think frontier and open weight AI models are all interchangeable. That they can just banhammer them without causing any disruption. That’s far from the truth.

In this solo podcast, James Wilson looks beyond the US vs China AI race rhetoric and instead games out what the real world consequences of the US government slapping bans on AI models could be.

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