{"id":19168,"date":"2025-01-22T07:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inuno.ai\/scale-ais-alexandr-wang-has-published-an-open-letter-lobbying-trump-to-invest-in-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T07:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:31:36","slug":"scale-ais-alexandr-wang-has-published-an-open-letter-lobbying-trump-to-invest-in-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inuno.ai\/scale-ais-alexandr-wang-has-published-an-open-letter-lobbying-trump-to-invest-in-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang has published an open letter lobbying Trump to invest in AI"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Alexandr Wang, the CEO of Scale AI, has taken out a full-page ad in The Washington Post asking the Trump administration to invest more in AI.<\/p>\n

Wang, who attended<\/a> Trump\u2019s inauguration on Monday like many other tech CEOs, posted<\/a> a copy of the ad on X, which reads \u201cDear President Trump, America must win the AI War.\u201d<\/p>\n

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1\/ New Administration, same goal: Win on AI<\/p>\n

Our ad in the Washington Post, January 21, 2025<\/p>\n

After spending the weekend in DC, I\u2019m certain this Administration has the AI muscle to keep us ahead of China.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Five recommendations for the new administration \ud83e\uddf5 pic.twitter.com\/m0v3WgA4FR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) January 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

In the full letter<\/a> published online, Wang explains that the U.S. should take five broad steps to win what he considers an \u201cAI war\u201d against China.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scale, whose core business is data labeling and processing for AI projects at large organizations, was valued<\/a> at $13.8 billion last year.<\/p>\n

Wang wants the U.S. government to emulate tech giants by spending more on data and compute. He also recommends the U.S. review its own regulations to ensure there\u2019s plenty of AI-related jobs in the future.<\/p>\n

Wang further calls for making federal agencies \u201cAI-ready\u201d by 2027, launching an \u201caggressive\u201d plan for cheap electricity that can be consumed by AI-centric data centers, and offered ideas on how to implement some AI safety measures.<\/p>\n

Scale could benefit from at least some of these recommendations, like a surge in U.S. government spending on data. Scale already counts<\/a> the U.S. government as a customer and is reportedly part<\/a> of plans for a U.S. defense startup consortium.<\/p>\n

More friendly regulations and encouraging AI-related jobs could help Scale as well, as it relies heavily on contract workers, a few of whom have recently filed lawsuits<\/a> alleging they are misclassified.<\/p>\n

Wang, however, has framed the recommendations as part of an effort to keep the U.S. ahead of China in AI. \u201cWe are in a new kind of technological arms race,\u201d his letter states. \u201cThe Chinese government is investing in AI at an unprecedented pace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chinese models like DeepSeek have been getting attention<\/a> for their strong performance on certain industry benchmarks. Wang\u2019s letter says China is now catching up to the U.S. after being at least a year behind, comments echoed by other AI leaders<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Wang\u2019s framing of U.S.-China AI competition as a \u201cwar\u201d has raised concern from some.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a horrible framing \u2013 we are not at war. We are all in this together and if we make AI development into a war we are likely to all die,\u201d posted<\/a> Emmett Shear, the ex-Twitch CEO who was briefly<\/a> OpenAI\u2019s CEO in 2023.<\/p>\n

How the Trump administration responds remains to be seen. So far, President Trump\u2019s main action on AI has been to revoke<\/a> his predecessor\u2019s executive order on AI, which created guidance for companies to help correct flaws and biases in their models.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n