Donald Trump has signed an executive order launching the Stargate project: the American government will invest 100 billion dollars to create a network of data centers and hubs dedicated to artificial intelligence. The goal is not to lose dominance over this type of technology.
In the pile of executive orders signed by Donald Trump on his first day in office there is a file entitled “Stargate”. The name is well known among science fiction fans. Stargate is a 1994 film built around a portal from which they can connect different worlds. The meaning of the project seems to be this: to create a portal to a world in which artificial intelligence will be completely different from the one we know now.
The Stargate project was financed with 100 billion dollars. However, it seems that the financing should reach a total of 500 billion dollars in the coming years. The idea is to involve three companies to create one data center network throughout the United States, so as to set up a AI hub unrivaled in the world.
Which companies are involved in the project
At the moment the project should involve three companies that already, in various parts of the world, they work in the field of artificial intelligence: OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank. According to Donald Trump this project should also open up to the creation of new jobs: approximately 100,000.
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Net of jobs, the objective of the Stargate project is clear. Trump wants to consolidate the dominance of the United States in the sector ofartificial intelligenceespecially in this phase in which more and more companies will begin to move to create competitive models. The main competitor is Chinaas Trump himself explained. The scheme is not very different from the one that led to the TikTok ban.
OpenAI is the company that developed ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot thatautumn of 2022 showed the world the power of this family of algorithms. Oracle launched its own a few months ago artificial intelligence agentsprograms that are able to carry out specific tasks by recording external information, solving various tasks autonomously. SoftBank instead it is an investment holding company based in Tokyo.
