Microsoft president warns Trump's immigration crackdown could drive top AI talent abroad
Source: Business Insider ·
Brad Smith also defended Microsoft against JD Vance's claim that the company replaced laid-off Americans with foreign workers.
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Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, defended the company's use of visas and green cards.Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMicrosoft President Brad Smith warned that US immigration policies could drive AI talent overseas."Let's not put that at risk," Smith said.The Trump administration recently suspended Microsoft and other tech firms from a green card program.If America wants to win the AI race, sending the world's brightest engineers packing might not be a winning strategy.That's the warning from Microsoft President Brad Smith, who said the Trump administration's immigration crackdown risks driving the next generation of AI talent away from the United States."I think we should all be worried about sending intentionally or inadvertently or otherwise, signals that send the most talented next wave of AI software engineers to other countries rather than the United States," Smith said in an episode of Politico's "The Decoded Podcast" that aired on Thursday.His comments…