I wonder if we'll ever know the story of Gemini 3.5 Pro. Is it possible Google saw its potential for hacking, tried to nerf it, and ended up ruining the training run?

They did publicly mention some partners have had preview access. Maybe we’ll find out one day.

Yes. These corporations now run on fascist logic. (Hold up, stay with me here.) The goal isn't to right, or ethical, or principled. It's to (appear to) be strong and capable, and loud about it. You end up with horrible things happening that get cheered because they're only horrible along dimensions that don't matter anymore to the people calling the shots. Same thing for amazing developments that get crickets.

Note that I'm not calling Google "literally Hitler". I'm just saying that traditional assumptions about what's virtuous and what isn't don't apply anymore. For now, at least. If anyone wants to change that, they're going to have to be purposeful about it.