It would be utterly nonsensical for the US to take this deal. The easy alternative would be to subsidize GPU datacenter buildouts on favorable terms with nvidia/accelerator providers. OpenAI/Anthropic amd everyone else could then competitively bid on access.

I guarantee you that openai would leverage this deal to the gills and come back for more.

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vannevar 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Nonsensical for the US, but not necessarily nonsensical for Donald Trump and his family, depending on what Altman can offer him. Maybe not a 747, but he could certainly arrange to purchase Trumpcoin, like the UAE did to invest in Binance.

When you have the most openly corrupt administration in modern US Presidential history, the interests of the nation are not the yardstick to use to measure the value of a deal.

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throwaway290 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What if the government wants to snoop. Then they want to "help out" product where people confide the most private stuff. Strings attached.

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torified 6 hours ago | parent [-]

What do you think is stopping them from snooping regardless?

	▲	throwaway290 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		which you mean, like if there is no such product where people confide because it ran out of money and gov didn't help? or if it survived without gov help and can there fore say "f you, we won't backdoor" apple style when asked for data?