Microsoft offers Trump administration suggestions on AI policy

Microsoft offers several suggestions for handling the incoming Trump administration and the new Congress artificial intelligence (AI) policy in 2025.

Not long blog post In a statement released Friday, Microsoft vice chairman and president Brad Smith described what the company sees as a “golden opportunity for American artificial intelligence,” comparing the fast-growing technology to the invention of electricity and laying out a vision for how the U.S. could harness it.

Microsoft Vice Chairman and President Brad Smith attends the Web Summit 2022 press conference at Altice Arena on November 3, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Smith shared a three-part vision for America’s tech success.

“This starts with progress and investment in world-leading American AI technology and infrastructure,” he wrote. “Second, the country must champion skills programs that will enable large-scale AI adoption and expand career opportunities across the region. the economy“.

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Ultimately, Smith said, the U.S. “must focus on exporting American AI to our allies and friends, strengthening our domestic economy and ensuring that other countries benefit from AI advances.”

Former President Trump speaks to guests during a campaign event at auto parts maker Drake Enterprises on September 27, 2023 in Clinton Township, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/Getty Images)

Smith is the latest of several tech leaders to stress that the U.S. must win the AI ​​race and has expressed a willingness to work with Trump to achieve that success.

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, emphasized in an interview with FOX News last month how “critical” it is for the US and its allies; manage the infrastructure charge which will support the advanced development of AI, especially in the technological race against China.

“AI is a little bit different than other kinds of software because it requires a huge amount of infrastructure, energy, computer chips, data centers, and we have to build that here, and we have to be able to have the best AI infrastructure in the world. the world to be able to lead with technology and opportunity,” Altman said. “I believe President-elect Trump that would be great.”

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FOX Business’ Steven Soras contributed to this report.