The administration of US President Donald Trump adopted advanced developments in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly using Nvidia chips, as a means of foreign policy influence for resolving international disputes. This information is reported by The New York Times. According to the newspaper, “the Trump administration considered the possibility of granting countries that have settled their disagreements access to AI technologies, including in the context of the situation around Armenia and Azerbaijan.” It is noted that in August, Michael Kratsios, who held the position of Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House, held talks with representatives of both republics, focusing on AI issues and potential technological cooperation. Armenian Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan confirmed that technological interaction began some time ago, but, as the NYT emphasizes, it was thanks to the efforts of the US President and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that this partnership reached a qualitatively new level. Previously, as the publication recalls, Kazakhstan joined the so-called “Abraham Accords”—a pact initiated during Trump’s first administration to establish ties between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. Notably, this coincided with Kazakhstan’s announcement of a two-billion-dollar contract for the creation of data centers using AI technologies based on Nvidia processors. Citing a source in the American administration, the newspaper asserts that Nvidia chips played not a key, but a noticeable role in the dialogues, ultimately indicating that AI and Nvidia products have become active levers in the hands of American diplomats and the President himself.
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