I think it's even more simple than that. Just wave a couple trillion dollar in the air and see how many people will sell their own mother for it.

Yeah but Apple doesn't care. If you record someone in a public place, the onus is on you. You can't sue a tape recorder manufacturer for illegal recordings.
That said, Apple is treading close to the line. Once they start doing this without the user's consent, then they should be liable.

"arguing that blocking access to dangerous models inside Britain would do little if the same systems remained available or were developed elsewhere."

This is the reason that AI development will not be stopped or even slowed. Yes, we will get some lip service from Sam and Dario but make no mistake, they are pedal to the metal. If we're lucky, there will be an AI caused catastrophe (as in people getting killed) that forces a slowdown. If we're not lucky, welcome to skynet.

How would you feel if one of these cameras was pointed at your house and the cops could access the video anytime they like?

There was a time where I played my games on Windows and did my work on Ubuntu.
I considered Ubuntu more finicky, more trouble than Windows.
I was wrong. Linux is stable and easy to work with, Steam runs just fine.
Windows, has become a bloated monster that takes 3 full reboots to update.
Long live Linux!

A lot of comments are talking about the legal pitfalls, copyright, licensing, etc.
While these are important issues, GCC can't be serious about not allowing people to use AI generated code.
No one doing anything complex with software is writing their own code anymore. (See Andre Karpathy)

The AI freight train is going like Casey Jones. We will need a massive accident before the money pulls back.

Every other smart glasses manufacturer is now hoping to get some of Meta's business.
Meta has an intrinsic problem due to the scrutiny over addictive social media so they're treading softly to not piss off the privacy advocates.

Scientists discover Americans "not really that smart."

Software engineers are managing Claude as a development team.
I suspect the problem is that software engineers usually make poor managers.

This is an OS for developers. Everything is a la carte. Bundled features that no one asked for is the domain of Microsoft and Apple.

How is this different from a musician listening to old blues musicians and then making a blues album (in the style of...)

When you delete an app it tells you all the data will be deleted too. Apparently not.

and lose money. That's the way it's always been.
Humans are always looking for shortcuts.

As a society, we cannot create disruptive technologies and not expect disruption.