US President Donald Trump has criticised American tech companies for building factories in China and hiring workers in India, warning that under his presidency, “those days are over”.
Trump made the remarks on Wednesday at the AI Summit where he signed three executive orders related to Artificial Intelligence, including a White House action plan to utilise AI.
Trump on America’s tech sector
He said that for too long, much of America’s tech industry pursued a “radical globalism” that left millions of Americans feeling “distrustful and betrayed.” “Many of our largest tech companies have reaped the blessings of American freedom while building their factories in China, hiring workers in India and slashing profits in Ireland, you know that. All the while dismissing and even censoring their fellow citizens right here at home. Under President Trump, those days are over,” he said.
Trump wants all tech companies to be all in for America
“Winning the AI race will demand a new spirit of patriotism and national loyalty in Silicon Valley and long beyond Silicon Valley,” Trump said.
“We need US technology companies to be all in for America. We want you to put America first. You have to do that. That’s all we ask,” he added.
Trump signed three executive orders related to AI, including a White House action plan, an order that establishes a coordinated national effort to support the American AI industry by promoting the export of full-stack American AI technology packages.
Meanwhile, as per Reuters report, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday recommended implementing export controls that would verify the location of advanced artificial intelligence chips, a move that was applauded by U.S. lawmakers from both parties in both houses of Congress.
The recommendation was part of a broader AI blueprint released on Wednesday that aimed to boost exports of AI hardware and software to U.S. allies and relax U.S. environmental rules to speed the construction of new AI data centers. But the plan released Wednesday also said the U.S. should continue denying access to advanced U.S. AI chips made by companies like Nvidia and AMD to foreign adversaries.
It added the U.S. government should “explore leveraging new and existing location verification features on advanced AI compute to ensure that the chips are not in countries of concern.” The recommendation drew support from two lawmakers who previously introduced bills that would require location verification of chips after sale over concerns that they are finding their way to countries such as China, where their export is banned.
(With inputs from PTI and Reuters)