⚡️ America’s Bold Leap into AI — And the World Reacts

🗓 July 26 2025

TL;DR

• China pitches an “AI UN” to counter America’s new solo strategy.

• Trump’s AI Action Plan deregulates data-center build-outs and vows to stamp out “woke” algorithms.

• OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Agent—an assistant that browses, buys, and builds decks for you.

• UK × OpenAI tie-up brings ChatGPT tech into public services.

• Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 flexes home-grown muscle against Nvidia.

• Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI will mint more millionaires in 5 years than the internet did in 20.

Sip your coffee - let’s sprint through today’s AI saga. 🚀

🌏 China Says “Let’s Be Friends” (But on Our Terms)

At the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Premier Li Qiang basically got on stage like:

“Let’s collaborate on AI... and also base the whole thing in Shanghai.”

China’s pitch: a Global AI Cooperation Organization, framed as a solution to what Li called a “fragmented” global system.

🕵️‍♀️ Translation: “We don’t love the current rules. We’ll write new ones.”

This came just three days after Trump’s AI plan dropped. Coincidence? Hard pass.

But here’s the kicker: China’s not just talking. Their “AI for Good” plan offers tools + infrastructure to Global South nations. Soft power move? Yep. Strategic? Absolutely.

🇺🇸 Trump’s AI Action Plan: Deregulation Meets “America First”

Released July 23, “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan” packs 90+ federal actions across three pillars - accelerate innovation, build infrastructure, lead globally. Highlights:

• Fast-track permits for data centers on federal land.

• Executive orders to promote U.S. AI exports and bar “woke AI” in federal procurement.

• Chip-manufacturing incentives through DOE site allocations.

Critics warn the plan sidelines state regulators and environmental reviews, but the White House argues speed is essential to out-innovate China.

💬 OpenAI Drops the Mic with ChatGPT Agent

Unveiled July 17, ChatGPT Agent unites OpenAI’s Operator (web control) and Deep Research (data synthesis) inside a virtual PC.

• Tell it “plan a Japanese breakfast and buy ingredients,” and it auto-browses, fills carts, and emails confirmations—all while narrating steps.

Pro/Plus/Team users get access now; EU rollout awaits regulatory clearance.

🏛️ UK × OpenAI: A £2 Billion Bet on Public-Sector AI

On July 21, London signed a strategic partnership with OpenAI to embed ChatGPT tech in justice, defense, and education services, plus explore new data-center investments. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle called AI “fundamental to fixing the NHS and boosting growth,” while critics demand stronger transparency safeguards.

🔌 Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 Crashes Nvidia’s Party

Also in Shanghai, Huawei unveiled CloudMatrix 384—a rack packing 384 Ascend 910C chips delivering roughly 300 PFLOPs FP16, nearly double Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 at the system level. Huawei compensates for weaker per-chip performance with brute-force parallelism and an all-optical interconnect. Despite U.S. export curbs, the message is clear: China has a domestic path to frontier-class AI hardware.

🧠 Jensen Huang’s Millionaire Prophecy

Now let's talk about everyone's favourite leather-jacket-wearing AI prophet: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. This guy has made some bold predictions before, but his latest one is a doozy. On the "All In" podcast, Huang declared that AI will create more millionaires in five years than the internet did in 20 years.

Let that sink in for a moment.

The internet revolution created an unprecedented wave of wealth over two decades. Huang is saying AI will compress that timeline to just five years. Huang's reasoning is actually pretty compelling. He calls AI the "greatest technology equalizer of all time" because it's democratizing access to programming.

"Everybody is a programmer now," he explained. "You used to have to know C++ or Python, but now you just have to talk to AI"

Why It All Matters

We’re watching two emerging AI spheres:

1. U.S.-led deregulated acceleration—fast permits, export packages, minimal guardrails.

2. China-led multilateral governance—capacity-building for the Global South and an “AI UN.”

In the middle, allies like the UK try to capture both investment and standards-setting influence. Meanwhile, the tech layer—ChatGPT Agent and Huawei CloudMatrix—shows capabilities racing ahead of policy. Buckle up.

Sources

1. Reuters: "Chinese premier proposes global AI cooperation organisation," Jul 26 2025.
   https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-premier-proposes-global-ai-cooperation-organisation-2025-07-26/

2. Chinese MFA: "AI Capacity-Building Action Plan for Good and for All," Sep 2024.
   https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/202409/t20240926_11497961.html

3. White House: America's AI Action Plan PDF, Jul 23 2025.
   https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf

4. TechCrunch: "OpenAI launches a general-purpose agent in ChatGPT," Jul 17 2025.
   https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/17/openai-launches-a-general-purpose-agent-in-chatgpt/

5. Reuters: "UK and ChatGPT maker OpenAI sign strategic partnership," Jul 21 2025.
   world/uk/uk-chatgpt-maker-openai-sign-new-strategic-partnership-2025-07-21/

6. Reuters: "Huawei shows off AI computing system to rival Nvidia's top product," Jul 26 2025.
   https://kfgo.com/2025/07/26/huawei-shows-off-ai-computing-system-to-rival-nvidias-top-product/ (Reuters content)

7. Economic Times: "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang calls AI the 'greatest equalizer,'" Jul 26 2025.
   https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-calls-ai-the-greatest-equalizer-of-our-time-predicts-it-will-create-more-millionaires-than-the-internet/articleshow/122919738.cms