Trump just proved your AI has an off switch

On Friday his administration switched off the world's two cleverest AI systems for everyone who isn't American. Here's why that should bother you — even if you've never heard of the company involved.

On 12 June 2026 a US Commerce Department directive switched off two frontier models for every non-US national. Source: editorial illustration, The Control Layer.

At 5:21 on a Friday afternoon in Washi…