The US President Donald Trump at the recent AI Summit in Washington, asked the big tech companies like Microsoft and Google to stop hiring talent from overseas, including India. He called out the “globalist mindset” that leads American companies to build factories in China and hire workers abroad, instead of hiring Americans. “Our biggest tech firms have enjoyed the freedom America offers while setting up factories in China, hiring workers in India, and parking profits in Ireland,” Trump said.
He added that the companies have ignored and even censored the Americans who made their success possible. ‘Under President Trump, those days are over,” he added. He further stressed that US technology companies have to put America first. “We want US tech companies to be fully committed to America. Put America first- that’s all we’re asking,” he said.
Alongside his speech, Trump signed three executive orders aimed at boosting US leadership in AI. While one of the orderstalks about speeding up the construction of datacentres and infrastructure needed for AI, another focuses on the companies getting federal funding to develop AI.
The third talks about offering support and export help to American-made AI tools so they can compete on the global stage.
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Additionally, Trump also said that he doesn’t like the term “artificial intelligence” and would have preferred a name that better shows the intelligence and power of the technology. “It’s not artificial, it’s genius,” he said.
Trump’s call is a part of his continued push to bring jobs back to America, especially in tech. But since the industry relies heavily on international talent and global operations, this could pose some real challenges in future, especially for the outsourcing first and companies hiring Indian IT professionals.