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Apple once faced a US export control on its 'supercomputer.' Steve Jobs turned it into a marketing moment.

Summary by Business Insider
Anthropic is far from the first first Silicon Valley giant to trigger US government export controls. Apple turned the prospect of a 1999 export limit on the Power Mac G4 into an ad campaign.JOHN G. MABANGLO / AFP via Getty ImagesSteve Jobs once turned the prospect of a US export restriction into a marketing moment.In 1999, Apple's Power Mac G4 "supercomputer" exceeded the allowed computing threshold for US exports to some countries.Apple release…
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Business Insider broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
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