The blocked frontier model came back - but only for a vetted list of about 100

The new part isn't the block, it's the shape of the reversal. Access didn't come back for everyone; it came back for a vetted list, with the cheaper version still dark. That's the model of frontier AI now taking shape: not banned, not open, but rationed to who's been cleared. Most builders never will be on that list the question stops being 'will my model get pulled' and becomes 'was I ever getting the top tier at all'. It makes yesterday's open-weight story look less like a hedge and more like the default plan for everyone outside the inner circle.