New program celebrates 50 years of innovation in Washington state REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 22, 2025 — On Wednesday, with the goal of fostering innovative solutions in its home state of Washington, Microsoft Corp.

WASHINGTON — President Trump unveiled a $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure project Tuesday at the White House alongside reps from three tech and investment giants — with those business leaders asserting the initiative could cure cancer.

Trump said the private sector joint venture will build data centers and create more than 100,000 jobs in the United States.

President Donald Trump talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to AI by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

President Trump hosted executives from Softbank, OpenAI and Oracle at the White House Tuesday to announce “Stargate,” a $500BN private-sector plan to build new AI data centers.

Microsoft has introduced a $5 million AI for Good Open Call grant program in Washington State. Takeaway Points Microsoft has introduced a $5 million AI for Good Open Call grant program in Washington State.

Microsoft's AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state of Washington through a new grant program in conjunction with the company's 50th anniversary.

Applications for the program are open through Feb. 17 and the winners of the grants will be announced in March.

The company fulfilled requests from Israel’s military for more access to AI tools as it sought to compete with Amazon, documents obtained by The Post show.

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Johns Hopkins University plans to cut the size of its proposed center for artificial intelligence research in Remington by 30%, reducing the scope of the controversial construction project.