Beijing took 48 hours to accuse Dario Amodei of hiding, behind safety language, a plan to strangle Chinese technology. Three years of milestones show the brake Beijing actually enforces isn't aimed at Washington — it's aimed inward.

Anthropic's new models had their passports revoked within two days. AI is now geopolitical infrastructure: dual-use technology concentrated in American companies and subject to a kill switch only they control.