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Thierry Breton(*), ex Commissario della Commissione Europea, considerato il padre del Digital Service Act, spiega quello che potrebbe succedere con la nuova era Trumpiana e le 'nuove' BigTech americane e cosa dovrebbe fare L'Europa, molto interessante. (*) Thierry Breton - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Breton#:~:text=EU%20Commissioner,-In%202019%2C%20Breton&text=He%20was%20an%20outspoken%20critic,his%20renomination%20to%20his%20portfolio.> Alessandro On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 at 09:06, Guido Vetere <[email protected]> wrote: > C'è qualcuno - namely: Altman - perfino più pazzo di Musk. > > Immaginiamo che spendano tutti i dollari del mondo in un datacenter > grosso come la Groenlandia (dopo l'annessione). > Alla fine cosa otterranno? I limiti della ragione, umana o automatica > che sia, sono invalicabili tanto quanto quelli fisici. > L'umanità consiste proprio nello stare dentro questi limiti, ed anche > l'AI è utile finché li rispetta. > > Questo è il momento buono per mandare gli yankee pazzi a quel paese. > Certo, ci vorrà qualcosa di più di quel ditino alzato che si chiama AI Act. > Ci vorrà un modello di sviluppo europeo ben supportato da politiche e > investimenti. > > Buona giornata, > G. > > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 at 14:25, Alberto Cammozzo via nexa > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Scusate... Ecco il seguito. > > > > [...] > > > > Trump’s AI policy moves on his first two days in office and remarks at > the White House on Tuesday showed him positioning himself as a strong > supporter of the U.S. tech industry — while turning away from the Biden > administration’s stance that AI technology requires both support and > oversight. Biden’s executive order, some of which has been implemented by > changes at federal agencies, focused on preventing risks such as algorithms > that spread bias or AI assistants that could help terrorists build > bioweapons. > > > > “AI seems to be very hot,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday. “It > seems to be the thing that a lot of smart people are looking at very > strongly.” > > > > Trump was joined by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison > and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son who announced “Stargate,” a joint venture > that will seek to spend as much as $500 billion over the next four years to > build as many as 20 new data centers to support AI projects. > > > > The warehouselike facilities, stuffed with thousands of powerful and > electricity-guzzling computer chips, are essential to developing and > running AI software like that behind ChatGPT. A boom in data center > construction is straining the power grid in states across the United States > as companies including Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta have spent > billions of dollars on new facilities. But AI leaders such as Altman say > many more of the facilities must be built for AI technology to keep > advancing. > > > > “I think this will be the most important project of this era,” Altman > said at the White House on Tuesday. “We wouldn’t be able to do this without > you, Mr. President,” he said, turning to Trump. Son said that SoftBank > decided to move ahead with the Stargate project because of Trump’s election > victory. > > > > The $500 billion doesn’t include money from the federal government, > according to a person familiar with the project who spoke on the condition > of anonymity to describe plans that haven’t been made public. In addition > to the companies creating Stargate, Dubai investment firm MGX, an investor > in OpenAI, will contribute funding to the project. Microsoft and > semiconductor manufacturers ARM and Nvidia will provide technology, OpenAI > said in an announcement. > > > > Trump’s industry-friendly first moves on tech policy were not unexpected. > > > > OpenAI has been working on Stargate for months, and its CEO Altman had > been pitching politicians on the idea of a major push to build up AI > infrastructure a year ago. > > > > Prominent Silicon Valley executives and investors, including some who > contributed to Trump’s reelection, had long railed against President Joe > Biden’s executive order instituting guardrails for AI technology. > > > > Although certain industry leaders like Altman said some regulation was > necessary, critics said the government would only get in the way of the > technology’s development and prevent smaller, younger companies from being > able to compete with more established ones. Months before the election, > Trump allies were already drafting an executive order of their own that > would review “unnecessary” regulations and launch “Manhattan Projects” to > develop military technology. > > > > Despite Trump’s more industry-friendly approach to AI, his emerging > policy is not a complete reversal of his predecessor’s. Biden in the final > days of his administration directed federal agencies to speed up the > development of AI data center projects on federal land. > > > > Trump said on Tuesday that he supported that policy. “That sounds to me > like it’s something that I would like. I’d like to see federal lands opened > up for data centers. I think they’re going to be very important,” he said. > > > > Netchoice, a lobbying group with members including Google, Meta and > Amazon, welcomed Trump repeal of the Biden-era AI rules. “His orders > rolling back regulations on U.S. energy production and ending Biden’s > artificial intelligence (AI) red tape wishlist are critical for America’s > global leadership in technological development,” Netchoice said in a post > on X. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. > > > > Proponents of AI regulation have argued that it is needed not only to > ward off potential harms from the technology but also to support its > economic development and adoption by providing people with confidence that > AI is safe to use. > > > > “A politically-motivated repeal with no thoughtful replacement is > self-defeating for our country and dangerous for our people and the world,” > Alondra Nelson, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a > liberal think tank, who also worked on technology policy in the Biden > administration, said in a statement. “This will leave the American public > unprotected from the risks and harms of AI and, therefore, unable to take > up the benefits it might bring.” > > > > Deborah Raji, a Mozilla fellow and AI researcher at the University of > California at Berkeley, said that the repeal of Biden’s executive order, in > combination with the Supreme Court curbing federal agencies’ power to set > and institute regulations last year and Trump’s ambitions to empower > business leaders, create a “Wild West era” for AI products. “They’re going > to be empowered to build models and throw them everywhere, without a lot of > regard to safety,” she said. > > > > AI companies have been spending huge amounts of money buying computer > chips and building new data centers to house them. The surge in data center > construction has also pushed up estimates for how much electricity the U.S. > will need to generate to power them, leading to some coal power plants that > had been slated to be closed to be kept online. > > > > > > > > On 22 January 2025 14:21:37 CET, Alberto Cammozzo via nexa < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> < > https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/21/stargate-500-billion-trump-ai/ > > > >> > >> President Donald Trump set about defining his new administration’s > technology policy Tuesday, hosting industry CEOs at the White House to > announce a massive private-sector investment in infrastructure for > artificial intelligence that could reach $500 billion. > >> > >> The announcement came after Trump on his Inauguration Day rescinded a > sweeping 2023 executive order on AI from his predecessor Joe Biden that > introduced regulations on companies developing AI intended to prevent the > technology causing harm. > >> >
