OpenAI's Sam Altman's Pro-China AI View Complicates Relations with Trump

OpenAI’s Sam Altman’s Pro-China AI View Complicates Relations with Trump


OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman and Vice President of Global Policy Chris Lehane have contradicted one another in recent months on how they view the Artificial Intelligence (AI) race with Communist China.

While Altman said in February that he would like to work with China, Lehane last week stressed the importance of winning the AI race. The vastly differing views on China from top executives of OpenAI come as the Trump administration is hyper-vigilant in the AI race with China.

President Donald Trump invited Altman, along with Oracle CTO Larry Ellison and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, to the White House in January unveil their company called Stargate, which is making a $500 billion investment in the United States. Since then, Altman was listed among

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