Dave Rahardja<p>By the way, this is the same strategy UAE is using to protect their investment in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a>: they are forcefully integrating <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> into their government workflows, essentially telling their treasury to flow money into OpenAI.</p><p><a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-stargate-uae/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openai.com/index/introducing-s</span><span class="invisible">targate-uae/</span></a></p><p>In return, OpenAI promises to build a compute center in Abu Dhabi. This enterprise is partially funded by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>, which is a major investor in OpenAI. It’s a rolling katamari of self-dealing, and (of course) Trump is involved. </p><p>It’s all a grift, and taxpayers are the target.</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/uae-openai-stargate-deal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/05/22/uae-opena</span><span class="invisible">i-stargate-deal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bubble</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>