One of the recent visits of US President Donald Trump’s recent visit was a high -power lunch in the royal court in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.The guest list of those who joined Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman caught eye. Tesla’s chief confidant Elon Musk was some of the biggest names in Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Jensen Huang of Navidia, Sam Altman of Chopp parent Openi, Sam Altman of Openai, Google President Ruth Port and Amazon’s CEO Andy, to make some names.Their collective presence soon understood when many American tech firms announced several deals with Saudi Arabia on AI funding tens of AI funding during the trump visit.Amidst the most eyes catching: Nvidia agreed to sell Humen hundreds of thousands of high-end chips, unveiling a new state-back a day before Saudi AI venture Trump arrived. Meanwhile, chip designer advanced micro devices (AMD) and chipmaker Qualcomm also made major commitments.
China Hawks on Warning
It comes in the form of Saudi Arabia, increases investment in artificial intelligence and the Trump administration wants to strengthen American domination in machine learning and high -end semiconductor production.Karen E, Middle East expert at Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy in New York. Young believes that the US and Saudi Arabia are natural partners, when it comes to artificial intelligence, due to Riyadh’s ability to create and run data centers.“They are capable of deploying heavy power supply from gas and solar energy and they do not hesitate to regulatory issues or quoted and quoted for data centers or power plants and can quickly deploy. This gives them an advantage, “she told DW.Nevertheless, the deal race has been criticized in Washington, which includes Trump’s administration. The argument of critics is that providing high -end chips to Middle Eastern countries can eventually benefit China in the global race for AI domination with the US.China has deep commercial and political relations in the Middle East and some believe that chips sold by the US in the region can find their way for China.To sell AI-competent chips in the Middle East, the Trump administration abolished the rules introduced by former US President Joe Biden at the office in the office in the office in the end of his time, which prohibited his sale to some countries including Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE).Companies like Microsoft and NVIDIA criticized this so -called AI dissemination rule, saying that it prevents innovation.However, widespread apprehension over potential Chinese access is reflected in the fact that the US House Selection Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has introduced a new law to prevent advanced American AI chips from falling into the hands of opponents like Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “Martin Chorzampa, a Chinese expert with Peterson Institute for International Economics, says whether China’s advantage depends on whether it is “capable of using chips or models that they produce or run.”“There is a concern that China may either be able to bend chips itself or get access to them from remotely,” he told DW.David Sachs, Advisor to Trump’s advisors on science and technology, and president of Swayambhu White House AI Caesar, strongly pushed back against criticism that Gulf deals could benefit China in a post on messaging platform X.This option was “to exclude the important geopolitical, rich friends and colleagues from our AI ecosystem,” he wrote, “every country would like to participate in the AI revolution. If we align with them, we will draw them into our classroom. If we reject them, we will drive them into Chinese weapons.”
Gulf states become serious about AI
Whatever it is about China, it is clear that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the main AI ambitions because they look at their economic dependence on oil.“Saudi Arabia is very serious about AI as a strategic field for diversification,” Karen E. Young said. “It plays for its property in abundant energy supply, and it allows the state a bridge to demand future energy.”She considers the United Arab Emirates “more advanced” in AI development compared to Saudi Arabia, which pushed it from the earlier date.Another deal declared during Trump’s Gulf tour agreed to the US and the UAE to build the largest AI campus outside the US, in which the agreement provided the UAE access to the US’s advanced chips.The UAE has established a technology group called G42, called its main AI outlet, in which Microsoft is already investing more than $ 1.5 billion (€ 1.34 billion).For investment -seeking American companies, the Gulf states rapidly represent an attractive opportunity, which represents a fascinating opportunity to develop some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds to develop and develop their control.Human, the new Saudi vehicle, is a fully owned by the County’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is close to $ 1 trillion in disposal. PIF first launched other AI Ventures, while State Oil Company Saudi Aramco has partnered with US chipmakers Serebra and Groke.Martin Chorzampa said, “These places have two most important elements to become the major AI powers, and now only computing and lack of talent.” “But enough power, with capital, and it soon appears chips, talent may be a herd there.”Karen e. According to Young, access to Advanced Tech is a “national priority” for Saudi Arabia, and Trump’s “desire to engage as a transaction issue instead of a security issue or policy challenge helps in that goal”.Nevertheless, while in the hurry of investment, the Gulf states are put on a solid rung to become an important AI hub of the future, experts believe that it is not automatically “win-win”.For example, Chorzampa, a risk, sees that local companies can develop their own models to compete with the US, unrestricted by capital or energy concerns. He also indicates the possibility that China will not necessarily benefit from getting chips, but by sending its people to work and learn in this field.He said, “The most interesting question is whether the Chinese AI talent, which is at the top and cannot be able to come to the United States, can get access to the main component that they are missing-working in the middle east,” he said. “This would be an important American concern.”
