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"It[Stargate UK] was hailed by the British government at the time as a boost for its own ambitions to make the country a world leader in AI."

How does having an AI heat farm in the UK help with that? It's still owned and controlled by a US entity. Or is "being a leader" synonymous with "being a customer?"

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How else do you propose selling the idea of giving a foreign company years of tax breaks in exchange for a minuscule number of jobs while slashing public budgets because there isn't enough tax revenue coming in?

No no, you see, for a government 'leading in AI' is just spending the most money on it.

For companies too, judging by the number of LinkedIn posts along the lines of

"Our 4-person team's AI bill this month was $100K and I've never been more proud of an invoice"

"If your $250K a year engineers aren't spending $250K a year in tokens, you aren't getting your money's worth"

"If you aren't using at least $500 of tokens a day, it's time for a performance improvement plan"

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