OpenAI wants to sell 'democratic AI' to the world—and potentially increase its soft power globally

OpenAI wants to sell 'democratic AI' to the world—and potentially increase its soft power globally

In January, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stood next to President Trump and the leaders of Softbank and Oracle to announce a $500 million plan to build data centers in the U.S. So far, the mega project, called Stargate, has yet to complete its first planned data center in Abilene, Tex. But that didn’t stop OpenAI from touting a new global initiative today—this time aimed at developing AI infrastructure globally. While the plan, called OpenAI for Countri…

영리화 철회한 오픈AI, '스타게이트 프로젝트' 전 세계로 확산

[Digital Daily Reporter Inayeon Lee] OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, is planning to expand the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure construction project 'Stargate' of the Donald Trump administration to the entire world. It seems to be a strategy to check the spread of AI models in China, the origin of the 'DeepSec shock' earlier this year, and at the same time build a united front led by the United States. On the 7th (local time), OpenA…

OpenAI Sets its "Democratic AI" Sights on Countries Outside of North America

Our Stargate project, an unprecedented investment in America's AI infrastructure announced in January with President Trump and our partners Oracle and SoftBank, is now underway with our first supercomputing campus in Abilene, Texas, and more sites to come. We've heard from many countries asking for help in building out similar AI infrastructure—that they want their own Stargates and similar projects. It's clear to everyone now that this kind of …

OpenAI offers help promoting AI outside the US, but analysts question why countries would accept

OpenAI, acting as part of the US government-led Stargate AI project, on Wednesday rolled out a program called OpenAI for Countries. The idea is for Stargate to help other countries create their own genAI environments, including data centers and genAI models. But analysts argue that other countries might be hesitant to join a US government-led effort, given the sensitive issues of data privacy and business intellectual property. Alvin Nguyen, a s…

Sam Altman Tries Bending the World to OpenAI’s Will

From Tom Dotan, our new senior correspondent, fresh off two years covering Microsoft for the Wall Street JournalIt’s still unclear what the exact ramifications will be in the AI world after OpenAI abandoned its effort to transfer control of the company away from its non-profit parent. CEO Sam Altman says a new plan to make the subsidiary a public benefit corporation and remove profit caps for investors will accomplish the same goals, though crit…