‘Sovereign AI’ is really about having a choice: ‘You don’t want to be tethered to anybody else’

Good morning. Nicholas Gordon here, reporting from Hong Kong. “Sovereign AI” is the buzzword of choice in the global tech sector—at least if you’re based anywhere other than the U.S. and China. Government officials and companies are increasingly worried about tying themselves too closely to one country’s AI systems. But what “sovereignty” is meant to protect varies by geography. If those don’t get covered, then AI is essentially useless.” Votee AI is part of a growing group of developers, startup founders, and major companies trying to build AI models for the rest of the world. AI processors are expensive to buy, data centers are expensive to run, and tech talent is expensive to hire. CEO Daily will not publish on Monday to mark the U.S. holiday of Labor Day. The Australian startup says much of that growth in Southeast Asia is coming from users on mobile devices. India’s NIFTY 50 was up 0.26%. But its flagship frontier model is still nowhere to be seen by Wen Shao AI visionary Ray Kurzweil is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a brain computer system that involves snorting nanoparticles by Alexei Oreskovic AI wants electricity now.