Not surprising they are getting rid of the safety people, but getting rid of CHIPS act people seems to me to be evidence in favour of the “genuinely idiotic, rather than Machiavellian geniuses” theory of Trump and Musk. Presumably Trump still wants to be more powerful than China even if he moves away from hawkishness towards making friends. And Musk presumably wants Grok to be better than the best Chinese models. (In Musk’s case of course, it’s possible he actually doesn’t favour getting rid of the CHIPS staff.)
Not surprising they are getting rid of the safety people, but getting rid of CHIPS act people seems to me to be evidence in favour of the “genuinely idiotic, rather than Machiavellian geniuses” theory of Trump and Musk. Presumably Trump still wants to be more powerful than China even if he moves away from hawkishness towards making friends. And Musk presumably wants Grok to be better than the best Chinese models. (In Musk’s case of course, it’s possible he actually doesn’t favour getting rid of the CHIPS staff.)