he plays the "china card": if the united states does not cooperate with the uae, china will come looking for it
2024-09-27
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[text/observer network chen sijia] according to a report by the new york times on september 25, sam altman, ceo of the american artificial intelligence giant openai, is seeking to cooperate with uae investors and chip manufacturers around the world. build more chip factories and data centers. altman also played the "china card", claiming that if the united states does not cooperate with the uae, china will "replace it."
in private conversations, altman has compared the world's data centers to electricity and wants to make artificial intelligence technology "flow like electricity," nine people familiar with the matter said. chatbots such as chatgpt require large amounts of data to learn, but there is still a shortage of chips and data centers to drive this process, so openai hopes to build more data centers.
people familiar with openai's discussions said altman wanted to provide a reserve of computing power for building the next generation of artificial intelligence. he targeted the united arab emirates, planning to build multiple chip factories with investment from the uae to reduce chip manufacturers' manufacturing costs. cost.
altman also discussed building data centers in the united arab emirates, which has a surplus of electricity that is difficult to meet in the united states. openai has discussed infrastructure investment with emirati company mgx, which is committed to investing in artificial intelligence, and has been in contact with chip manufacturers such as tsmc, nvidia and samsung.
altman also played the "china card" during a meeting with white house officials earlier this month. he warned u.s. officials that the united states may fall behind china in the field of artificial intelligence and that if the united states does not cooperate with the uae, china will "take its place."
according to people familiar with the matter, openai wants to form a "loose alliance of companies" including data center builders such as microsoft, investors and chip manufacturers. it's unclear how altman's plan will work, or which investors will pay, which businesses will receive funding and how they will build the facilities.
altman initially sought to secure trillions of dollars in investment, equivalent to nearly a quarter of u.s. economic output each year, earning him scorn from investors, they said. so altman quickly scaled back his goal to hundreds of billions of dollars and devised a new strategy: first, he would help build some data centers in the united states to curry favor with u.s. government officials.
meanwhile, openai is also in separate negotiations to raise $6.5 billion to support its own business, a deal that would value the company at $150 billion. three people familiar with the matter said microsoft, nvidia, apple, tiger global management and mgx were potential investors.
openai seeks financial support because its operating costs far exceed revenue, these people said. the company's annual sales have exceeded $3 billion, but its expenses are about $7 billion.
the new york times stated that nvidia declined to comment on altman’s plan, and mgx and samsung did not respond to requests for comment. a tsmc spokesman said the company is willing to discuss expanding semiconductor research and development, but is currently focused on global expansion projects and has no new investment plans to disclose.
openai said in a statement that the company's focus is on building infrastructure in the united states, "with the goal of ensuring that the united states remains a global leader in innovation, promoting the re-industrialization of the united states, and ensuring that the benefits of artificial intelligence are widely available."
u.s. president biden met with uae president mohamed bin zayed al nahyan at the white house on the 23rd. the white house said leaders from both countries have directed senior officials to develop a memorandum detailing future plans for u.s. and uae cooperation on artificial intelligence.
the new york times stated that the uae has sought to develop relations with the united states in recent years and is committed to the emerging artificial intelligence industry. tahnoun bin zayed al nahyan, the brother of the president of the united arab emirates and national security adviser, leads g42, the largest artificial intelligence company in the middle east. he has visited the united states in june this year and has cooperated with microsoft, openai and other united states companies. technology companies signed cooperation agreements.
source: observer network
