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OpenAI, Microsoft tell Senate ‘no one country can win AI’


Executives like OpenAI's Sam Altman said US support for infrastructure would make it easier for AI companies to meet demand.

Altman, fresh from visiting the company’s $500 billion Stargate project in Texas, told senators that the U.S. is leading the charge in AI, but it needs more infrastructure like power plants to fuel its next phase. However, the executives noted that for American AI to remain competitive, companies need access to international talent and, more importantly, clear export policies so models made in the U.S. can be attractive to other countries. There’s some good news in the area of AI diffusion because while the hearing was ongoing, the Commerce Department announced it was modifying rules from the Biden administration that limited which countries could receive chips made by American companies.

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