What do Trump’s $500bn Stargate initiative and regulatory cuts mean for AI safety?

With backing from Softbank and UAE-based investor MGX, Stargate also demonstrates the US’s willingness to open the doors to foreign investment in domestic capacity. “We’ve all seen the pictures of tech CEOs at Trump’s inauguration,” says Pia Hüsch, cyber research fellow at the RUSI think-tank. “The administration clearly wants to position itself as a friend to the private sector and distance itself from the Biden administration.”