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With only a few days in, President Donald Trump's administration has been making significant strides in advancing artificial intelligence technology. Reuters reported on Tuesday that he has announced a private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund infrastructure for artificial intelligence, aiming to outperform rival nations in the critical technology.

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In this regard, Trump has also emphasized the importance of keeping the technology within the country.

"What we want to do is we want to keep it in this country. China is a competitor, and others are competitors... It's technology and artificial intelligence all made in the USA”.

According to Trump, ChatGPT's creator OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, are planning a joint venture called Stargate. The venture is expected to build data centers and create more than 100,000 jobs in the United States. With other equity backers, these companies have committed $100 billion for immediate deployment. Meanwhile, the remaining investment will occur over the next four years.

Following the news, global shares rose today, January 22nd, driven by a rise in technology stocks. Even though the global market is near record highs, investors are optimistic that they may rise even further.

"We prefer taking risk in stocks and expect corporate earnings to keep driving returns as the fourth-quarter reporting season starts”.

He also noted that Treasury yields might jump.

"We are in a world of higher interest rates and expect them to stay above pre-pandemic levels. Even with the jump in yields, we still see more room to run, if at a slower pace”.

Speaking of the Stargate initiative, OpenAI's Sam Altman is also thrilled that they get “to do this in the United States of America”. He thinks this is going to be the most important project of this era. Moreover, according to multiple news sources, the move may signal that the Trump administration will be striving to work with some tech companies.

After all, the President has been proactive in advancing AI technology. One of the first moves that he took returning to office has been to revoke a Biden-era executive order regarding AI guardrails. Overall, spending and focus on artificial intelligence in the US is in full swing. Billionaire businessman Hussain Sajwani also pledged to spend $20 billion or more on AI data centers in the U.S. earlier this month.