AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - Trump, Big AI go all-in together
President Trump and the AI industry have co-signed one of the biggest economic and technological wagers of all time. - If it goes right: A new age of abundance — explosive productivity, staggering wealth and a generational leap in American power. - If it goes wrong: A catastrophic bust that destroys capital, jobs and, in the words of several involved, threatens widespread human harm . Why it matters: Neither Trump nor the AI titans have plausible deniability. Their fortunes have become so tightly bound that success will be shared — and failure impossible to disown. The big picture: Trump and Big AI have fused their futures around four enormous bets. 1. The economic bet: That trillions poured into chips, data centers and power will…
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