Geographic technology bans collapse when targets route workloads through offshore proxies.
Banning direct technology exports to adversarial states fails to isolate them as target firms easily exploit friendly offshore subsidiaries and third-party cloud data centers to train models and secure API access.
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Chinese developers bypass export limits by routing Blackwell chip acquisitions and training runs through offshore hubs in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
It shows how Chinese companies exploit offshore subsidiaries in open jurisdictions to legally bypass U.S. export controls and access restricted Western AI models.
Anthropic's CEO argues that standard export controls are undermined by the Singapore loophole, rendering geographic access bans ineffective without physical hardware controls.