US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has asked diplomats to push back against talk of a "kill switch" in American technology products following the White House's short-lived decision to keep foreigners from America's most advanced AI models.
Everything has a killswitch: If a software uses DRM with a regular server connection, it can be switched off. If it uses a cloud component, it can be switched off. If the company can push an update without user interaction, it can be switched off. And yes, every software has a killswitch and even Linux can get borderline ugly when the US ties.
Everything has a killswitch: If a software uses DRM with a regular server connection, it can be switched off. If it uses a cloud component, it can be switched off. If the company can push an update without user interaction, it can be switched off. And yes, every software has a killswitch and even Linux can get borderline ugly when the US ties.