Artificial intelligence has ceased to be a laboratory experiment and has become the foundation of a new economy. If just a few years ago AI investments were associated mostly with private companies, today governments have actively joined the race. The USA, the EU, China, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates are competing to build the most powerful data centers, purchase thousands of GPUs, develop their own models, and even form state-level alliances with corporations. The amount of investment is no longer counted in billions — but in trillions of dollars.
