OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seeking trillions of dollars in investments for the global semiconductor industry, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The initiative has more of a 'marketing value', said cloud computing expert Wang Jian. Wang, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering also the founder of Alibaba Cloud, commented that the key issue is how that money will be put to use. 

"Is there something fundamental that's gonna be changed, even the whole industry?" he said in a recent interview with CGTN's Zhao Chenchen.