Tensions start in the duo formed by Elon Musk and Donald Trump. The first in fact expressed criticism on Wednesday of the massive private investment project in artificial intelligence (AI) presented the day before by the new President of the United States.
During a major gathering at the White House, Donald Trump unveiled a joint company called “Stargate”, which plans to commit “at least $500 billion” to AI infrastructure in the United States. Stargate brings together cloud specialist Oracle, Japanese investment giant SoftBank, and generative AI start-up OpenAI (ChatGPT). SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son said the joint venture would “start deploying $100 billion immediately,” with the goal of reaching a total of $500 over four years.
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“They don't have the money” to finance this project, Elon Musk proclaimed on Wednesday on from a good source. » The Tesla boss spent $277 million out of his own pocket to finance Donald Trump's campaign and was entrusted with an extra-governmental mission to cut public spending.
“False, as you probably know,” reacted to these accusations, the boss of OpenAI, Sam Altman, who suggested that Elon Musk “come and visit the first site under construction”. “I realize that what is good for the country is not always good for your companies, but I hope that in your new role you will put the United States first,” he continued.
The richest man in the world, who is one of the co-founders of OpenAI, regularly attacks Sam Altman, whom he accuses in particular of having subverted the initial mission of the start-up, focused on reasoned development of AI.
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Co-investors in Stargate, OpenAI and Oracle are not investment companies and do not have sufficient financial capacity to contribute significantly. Oracle's spending on its data center network was only a few billion during its last financial year. In addition to SoftBank, Stargate's financiers include the MGX fund, backed by the United Arab Emirates.
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Elon Musk himself is involved in the AI race and the companies he controls have invested massively in this area. His generative AI start-up, xAI, launched in 2023, wants to build a “giant computing factory” on a former industrial site in Memphis, Tennessee. Once operational, it will be the largest supercomputer in the world.
