OpenAI’s Stargate plans to sell ‘democratic AI’ to the world—while enhancing its soft global power. Will it work?

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OpenAI’s Stargate plans to sell ‘democratic AI’ to the world—while enhancing its soft global power. Will it work?

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In January, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stood next to President Trump and the leaders of Softbank and Oracle to announce a $500 million plan to build data centers in the U.S. So far, the mega project, called Stargate, has yet to complete its first planned data center in Abilene, Tex. But that…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-07 20:39:47.