How much would sovereign AI cost?
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IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and will be in Brussels all next week for this conference (where I'll be moderating a panel on May 20 at 11:50 CET.) If you're around and want to grab coffee, ping me here.
— Countries want to build sovereign AI infrastructure. I crunched the numbers to see how much that would actually cost.
— Digital antitrust cases were supposed to rein in the power of dominant players. But when it comes to online advertising, market power is on the rise.
— Spending on government-focused AI systems will rise 35 percent this year to over $80 billion.
Let's get started: