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Microsoft contributes $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund

Microsoft would like President-elect Donald Trump to make sure that U.S. artificial intelligence policy in the next four years will support its goals.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during an American Technology Council roundtable at the White House in Washington on June 19, 2017. Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO and the world's richest person, has been advising Trump as he prepares to return to the White House following the inauguration later this month. "The United States needs a smart international strategy to rapidly support American AI around the world," Brad Smith, Microsoft's vice chair and president, wrote in a blog post last week.

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