Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, and Google Gemini is being roundly criticized as an overly woke Artificial Intelligence tool. Examples of Meta’s social media products making the lives of teenagers overly difficult regularly pop up. Microsoft and Nvidia stocks are on a tear. These stories make news headlines around the world. It only goes to show that the United States is still home to the world’s leading technology and financial sectors.
And the economic and technical powerhouse that is Silicon Valley, despite its warts and all, is what governments across the world hope to replicate in their own countries. Also, getting one’s company listed on a U.S. stock exchange like the New York Stock Exchange or technology-centric NASDAQ remains a coveted goal for foreign companies, the ultimate indicator of success American-style.
