U.S., UAE agree on path for Emirates to buy top American AI chips, Trump says
Summary
"Yesterday the two countries also agreed to create a path for the UAE to buy some of the words most advanced AI semiconductors from American companies, its a very big contract," Trump said while attending the U.S.-UAE Business Council breakfast during the last day of his four-day visit to the Middle East. This would accelerate the desert sheikhdoms ability to build data centers needed to power its AI models. The UAE has invested heavily in AI infrastructure in recent years with the aim of becoming a global hub for the technology. Central to that goal are U.S. semiconductors, which have yet to reach Washingtons Arab Gulf allies due to national security concerns. Veteran security professionals and lawmakers, however — along with, reportedly, some members of the Trump administration — have expressed concerns that doing away with these limits could open the door for the sensitive American technology to end up in the hands of rivals like China.