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Models hosted or used by the government.

You left out the part containing the “barrels of money” incentive.

Who is going to stop the federal government from enforcing them as if they were laws?

The judicidial branch, so the courts. The government would have to sue the corporation to try to get them to do something, at which point (hopefully) the judge would strike it down.

What courts? Look at all that's been happening over the past months. How much of it have the courts been able to meaningfully impact, vs what's still in effect?

> How much of it have the courts been able to meaningfully impact

A lot more than you think, apparently

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal...

We've been talking about the Supreme Court, which is widely considered a laughingstock by lower courts except they are not laughing.

Executive orders aren’t laws (an important fact that should be repeated often and loudly). However, there’s probably room for the executive branch of the government to influence model hosts, as a major funder and consumer.