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Billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X aboutStargate , the tremendous infrastructure labor to build data centers for OpenAI across the U.S.
Stargate , announce Tuesday during a press league at the White House , would funnel as much as $ 500 billion from investors including SoftBank and Middle East AI fund MGX into data centers to support OpenAI ’s AI workloads . Partners in Stargate have initially pledged $ 100 billion , some of which is being put toward a data center under construction in Abilene , Texas .
Elon Musk claim that Stargate does n’t have the money it say it does .
“ They do n’t in reality have the money , ” Musk wrote in aseriesofpostson X on Tuesday . “ SoftBank has well under $ 10 billion secured . I have that on good agency . ”
Hours subsequently , in a reply to a post criticizing Altman , Musksaid , “ Sam is a scammer . ”
SoftBank has well under $ 10B secured . I have that on safe confidence .
— Elon Musk ( @elonmusk)January 22 , 2025
Musk , of course , is not a neutral company . He has his own AI company , xAI , that competes — and is presently tangle in a lawsuit — with OpenAI . In the suit , xAI and MuskaccuseOpenAI of anticompetitive practices , including discouraging investors in OpenAI from back AI contender .
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Altmanfired backat Musk in an ex post Wednesday — and called his bluff .
“ Wrong , as you sure enough have it away , ” Altman said , responding to Musk ’s allegation that SoftBank was inadequate of cap . “ [ Stargate ] is great for the state . I see what is great for the country is n’t always what ’s optimum for your ship’s company , but in your unexampled role , I hope you ’ll mostly put [ US ] first . ”
In a disjoined Emily Price Post , Altmansaidof Musk , “ I genuinely respect your acquisition and think you are the most inspiring entrepreneur of our metre . ” Helater added , “ I do n’t call up [ Musk is ] a nice individual or treating us fairly , but you have to respect the hombre , and he fight all of us to be more ambitious . ”
wrong , as you for certain sleep together .
want to come visit the first land site already under way ?
this is dandy for the body politic . i realize what is great for the country is n’t always what ’s optimal for your society , but in your raw role i trust you ’ll mostly put 🇺 🇸 first .
— Sam Altman ( @sama)January 22 , 2025
Musk is spearhead the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) , a U.S. government advisory commission recommending deep cuts to federal agencies . DOGE , first foretell last year , wasmade more officialMonday by President Donald Trump ’s executive order — but the mission face a serial publication of legal challenge .
xAI , like OpenAI , is hungry for substructure to develop its AI system . Musk ’s company isestimatedto have spent $ 12 billion on its single data sum in Memphis andcould spend 1000000000000 moreupgrading the readiness .
require about Musk ’s XTC posts during an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos , Satya Nadella , chief operating officer of Microsoft , a close OpenAI confederate and investor , declined to weigh in . “ All I know is , I ’m good for my $ 80 billion , ” he said , have-to doe with to Microsoft ’s recentpledgeto spend a record amount on AI information nerve center this year .
“ On the other hand , Satya unquestionably does have the money , ” Musksaid in a poston Wednesday .
Nadellareplied , “ And all this money is not about hyping AI , but is about build useful things for the existent Earth ! ”
