Washington, Brussels stake their claims on AI as trillion-dollar IPO wave begins

AI Summary

With SpaceX's imminent IPO, governments in Washington and Brussels are actively defining their approach to the AI industry. Washington is negotiating a government equity stake in OpenAI, while Brussels has proposed new tech sovereignty initiatives, highlighting differing visions for regulating AI's future.

With SpaceX set to become the first AI-era giant to go public on Friday, governments on both sides of the Atlantic are racing to define their relationship with the industry. Washington is in talks with OpenAI about a government equity stake; Brussels has unveiled a new tech sovereignty package. On this week's Tech 24, we lay out the two very different visions of how to shape artificial intelligence's future.