I predict that within the next 12 months Google is going to give its London DeepMind employees an ultimatum to relocate to the US or be taken off Gemini efforts with the option to join isomorphic as a consolation prize.
This will be at the direct behest of the White House but will be wrapped as an efficiency or consolidation move to improve collaboration.
There should be no state of the world where a frontier model can be held hostage by a foreign government. Doesn’t matter if they have a British, French or Chinese accent.