So you have a positive opinion when Apple does things after others, but Europe having a slower, cautious approach is treated as negative for you?

What is your preference for Europe, complete floodgates open and never ending lawsuits over IP theft like we have in the USA currently over AI?

The US is not the example of what’s working, it’s merely a demonstration of what is possible when you have limited, provoked regulation.

Correct me, but I don't think such alignment between Switzerland and the rest of the EEA on LLM/"AI" technology does currently exist (though there may and likely will be some in the future) and it cannot explain the inevitable EEA wide release that is going to follow in a few weeks, as always. The "EU/EEA/European regulations prevent company from offering software product here" shouts have always been loud, no matter how often we see it turn out to have been merely a delayed launch with no regulatory reasoning.

If this had been specific to countries that have adopted the "AI Act", I'd be more than willing to accept that this delay could be due them needing to ensure full compliance, but just like in the past when OpenAI delayed a launch across EU member states and the UK, this is unlikely. My personal, though 100% unsourced thesis, remains, that this staggered rollout is rooted in them wanting to manage the compute capacity they have. Taking both the Americas and all of Europe on at once may not be ideal.

Europe runs 3% deficits and gets universal healthcare, tuition free universities, 25+ days paid vacation, working trains, and no GoFundMe for surgeries.

The U.S. runs 6–8% deficits and gets vibes, weapons, and insulin at $300 a vial. Who's on the unsustainable path and really overspending?

If the average interest rate on U.S. government debt rises to 14%, then 100% of all federal tax revenue (around $4.8 trillion/year) will be consumed just to pay interest on the $34 trillion national debt. As soon as the current Fed Chairman gets fired, practically a certainty by now, nobody will buy US bonds for less than 10 to 15% interest.

We'll only be able to afford our lifestyles by letting OpenAI's bots make spreadsheets that aren't accurate or useful outside of tricking people into thinking you did your job?

If predictions of AI optimists come true, it's going to be an economic nuclear bomb. If not, economic effects of AI will not necessarily be that important