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The comparison with the nuclear arms race is starting to hit home. The tech has come a long enough now to provide lots of scope for saleable products. Further development into the unknown is obviously dangerous, and they can see international oversight coming, so why not get ahead of the game and look like the good guys.
There is already a team in Sheffield working on exactly what that oversight will look like. I'm sure there are others.