Trump administration eases A.I. limits and advances big tech priorities

The Trump administration this year moved to remove limits on A.I. chip exports, fast-track data centers and sign an executive order pre-empting state A.I. rules, effectively delivering many of the policies sought by major technology companies, The New York Times reports. Tech executives had courted Mr.

Trump before he returned to the White House with donations and visits to Mar-a-Lago, and early in his term he had threatened to break up Meta, slapped tariffs affecting Apple’s supply chains and restricted some chip exports. Since the summer, however, the administration has eliminated many limits on A.I.

chip exports, expedited data center construction, pushed legislation that gave government approval to a type of cryptocurrency and greenlighted sales of a more powerful Nvidia chip to China, the article says. The Times tallied a combined $1.4 trillion in domestic spending on data centers and manufacturing from leading firms.

For Silicon Valley, those moves have meant eased regulation, rising share prices for companies named in the article and a boost to Bitcoin. But the alliance has split Republicans and drawn criticism from conservative groups and figures; Isabel Sunderland of Issue One said, “The conservative party stands for the free market and not picking winners and losers,” adding that the administration has instead "picked the tech industry to win." Critics have raised concerns about A.I.

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Tech, Donald Trump, Nvidia, Openai, Meta, Data Centers