The US controls most of the capital in the industry, including most of the compute used for training. And also, NVIDIA, arguably the most important actor in the industry
The US military can come and separate me from my MacBook and Qwen if it likes. I dare it. Sadly however, I suspect they’re busy with other matters at the moment.
PSA: The government can remotely brick your MacBook.
Air-gap one of my Macs.. thanks for the advice! ;)