Sovereign AI takes off to prevent overdependence

technology package to allies, which includes Nvidia’s high-end chips and software.

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Countries hope to build resilience with domestic AI.

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By building up domestic capabilities in AI, countries hope to make their mark in a critical technology and shift away from the dominance US. tech giants hold over AI, said Virpratap Vikram Singh, who specializes in cyber technologies and conflict at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a research institute based in London.

In various regions, there is “a growing hesitation ” over becoming too dependent on US. tech behemoths, which authorities have found increasingly difficult to regulate, said Vikram Singh.

Countries also hope to build more resilience by having domestic AI capabilities and alternative service providers to turn to in case of potential disruptions, said Courtney Lang, who focuses on cybersecurity at the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washington, D.C-based trade group.

Among the loudest champions of sovereign AI is Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang , whose company stands to benefit from heightened demand for the powerful graphic-processing units used in AI computing. “It codifies your culture, your society’s intelligence, your common sense, your history—you own your own data,” Huang said last year of sovereign AI.