1999: the US export-banned Apple’s Power Mac G4 for crossing one gigaflop. Not because it was dangerous, but because it was too capable to let rivals have it.
2026: same export playbook, used to pull Claude Fable 5.
The capability stays legal inside the US. They restricted who gets to hold it, not the thing. You don’t gate a hazard by passport. You gate an advantage that way.
Same machinery, 27 years apart. And the line never holds for long.
