The Uzbek government is allocating $100 million to turbocharge the development of the country’s AI sector. A large chunk of the government funding is intended for initiatives to attract foreign investors to construct data centers in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region in western Uzbekistan, Digital Technologies Minister Sherzod Shermatov said in an interview with state television. Funding will also be used to develop AI training programs, as well as implement a “package of 86 projects” covering a variety of economic…