MIT Technology Review: OpenAI's AWS Deal Creates Pathways for Its Technology to Reach Iran
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MIT Technology Review investigates the governance implications of OpenAI's AWS deal — specifically how AWS commercial and GovCloud region routing could place OpenAI models in jurisdictions including sanctioned countries such as Iran. The analysis explores whether AWS's existing compliance posture creates novel export control exposure OpenAI avoided when selling direct. No official response from OpenAI or AWS was available at time of publication.