Up front:Project JEDI is a big deal.
The US militaryneedsa reliable cloud-service platform from which to operate its massive AI infrastructure.
Unfortunately the project was mishandled from the very beginning.
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IBM and Oracle both gave official statements citing the folly of the single-cloud provider.
Americas warfighters deserve better.
That one company in mind was Amazon.
But Trump had other plans.
Amazon filed alawsuitalleging the Pentagon was forbidden from issuing it the contract due to Donald Trumps conflicts of interest.
Bottom line:The Pentagons covering its own ass.
Whether we like it or not, were ina global AI arms race.
And the US is doing a great job of shooting itself in the foot so China can catch up.
And theres only one rational explanation for all of it: Trumpssoft-shelled, crybaby egotism.
This obviously didnt sit well with former president Trump.
