Sam Altman's comments came amid a flurry of online exchanges between himself, Musk, and Microsoft over the $500 billion Stargate Project announced by Trump.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Stargate, a $500 billion AI infrastructure project that's expected to provide 100,000 jobs and boost the American economy, but Elon Musk believes the three companies leading the project don't have the funds.
Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Larry Ellison of Oracle joined Trump for the $500 billion announcement.
Elon Musk openly questioned whether companies that joined President Donald Trump’s announcement promising hundreds of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence infrastructure could follow through on their promises,
President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a
Altman took to X to dispute Musk's characterisation on Wednesday, calling it wrong and suggesting Musk was upset because the pact could rival the billionaire's own AI efforts
Addressing a specially convened press conference to announce the Stargate launch at White House, Trump said this will be "the largest AI infrastructure project in history", with an investment of "at least $500 billion", of which the first installment will be $100 billion.
The Stargate announcement prompted immediate skepticism over whether it would come to fruition, or represented new spending by the companies.
Since then, Musk hasn’t hidden his anger with Altman and OpenAI. He’s currently suing the company over its decision to become a for-profit corporation, and he regularly trolls the company on X—the platform he bought for $44 billion back in 2022. All of which is why the past week has been hilarious.
The president’s embrace of rival Sam Altman sends a not-so-subtle message to the Tesla CEO.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the technology world by surprise on Thursday with the release of Operator, his company's first AI agent that can act
Elon Musk has sparked controversy by questioning the financial backing of Project Stargate, a massive $500 billion AI infrastructure initiative announced by President Donald Trump. The project, a collaboration between OpenAI,