National Public AI Infrastructure

A proposal for a government‑funded, openly governed national AI model operated as public infrastructure (like transit or utilities) rather than as a privately controlled commodity. It would be built and maintained by public institutions and researchers, use transparent governance processes for training data and deployment rules, and provide guaranteed access for national public agencies, universities, and citizens. — Framing AI as public infrastructure forces concrete debates about sovereignty, procurement, licensing, democratic oversight, and whether states should own or regulate the compute‑heavy backbone of digital life.