"OpenAI has announced a number of projects this year with foreign governments to help build out what it has called their "sovereign AI" systems. The company says the deals, some of which are being coordinated with the US government, are part of a broader push to give national leaders more control over a technology that could reshape their economies. Over the past few months, sovereign AI has become something of a buzzword in both Washington and Silicon Valley."
"At OpenAI, this movement has also meant partnering with countries like the United Arab Emirates, which is ruled by a federation of monarchies. OpenAI's chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, argues that partnering with non-Democratic governments can help them evolve to become more liberal. "There's a bet that you make that engagement is better than containment," Kwon said in an interview with WIRED last week at the Curve conference in Berkeley, California. "Sometimes that works, and sometimes it hasn't.""
OpenAI announced multiple projects with foreign governments to build 'sovereign AI' systems that give national leaders more control over transformative technology. Some agreements are coordinated with the US government as part of a strategic push to prevent allies from depending on adversary technology. Governments and industry in Washington and Silicon Valley frame sovereign AI as essential to global diffusion of democratic AI amid competition with China. OpenAI has partnered with countries including the United Arab Emirates. OpenAI’s chief strategy officer Jason Kwon argues engagement with non-democratic governments can sometimes liberalize them, though historical engagement with China produced mixed results.
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