OpenAI hires former UK Chancellor to lead "Stargate" global expansion plan

Jinse Finance reported, citing the Financial Times, that OpenAI has hired former UK Chancellor George Osborne to lead the global construction of the "Stargate" project. George Osborne will serve as the head of OpenAI for Countries. This project is the overseas expansion of the $500 billions "Stargate" initiative, which aims to build data centers in the United States. OpenAI's appointment of Osborne follows its competitor Anthropic's move in October this year to appoint former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as an advisor. In April this year, it was reported that OpenAI was considering expanding the "Stargate" project beyond the United States, and officially launched OpenAI for Countries a month later. Since then, OpenAI has reached agreements with the UK and the UAE, and stated that it is in talks with 50 countries to assist them in developing "sovereign artificial intelligence".