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Countries are spending billions on “sovereign AI” efforts.
Given how fast the frontier is moving, why bother? Tzu Kit Chan, an AI strategist who advises the Malaysian government, told The Guardian countries would be better off beefing up regulations than making tech to compete with US giants.
“Go to Kuala Lumpur, find a finance-bro-looking-person, ask them what model they’re using. Eight out of 10, I bet they’re not using the sovereign AI models. They’re saying, ChatGPT or Gemini.”
Governments are spending billions on their own ‘sovereign’ AI technologies – is it a big waste of money?
[ the Guardian ]
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