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.

Parmy Olson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, she is author of “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World.”

Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Larry Ellison of Oracle joined Trump for the $500 billion announcement.

That's a massive group of talent and money," Trump said of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ... specifically in SoftBank's WeWork funding. Giving Altman partial control of $500 billion for AI is a terrible ...

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

President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a

Joining Trump fresh off his inauguration at the White House were Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, Sam Altman of OpenAI and ... troubled office-sharing company WeWork. While Trump has seized on similar ...

This follows the announcement of Stargate, a $500 billion initiative by SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle aimed at keeping the U.S. ahead in the global AI race.

SoftBank is reportedly in talks to invest as much as $25 billion into OpenAI in a deal that would make it the artificial intelligence firm’s largest backer. The deal, which has not yet been finalized,

Trump called the joint venture - known as Stargate - "a new American company that will invest $500 billion at least in AI infrastructure in the United States," promising that it will create more than 100,000 jobs. He made clear that the initiative is aimed at thwarting China and its AI efforts.

But WeWork's valuation plummeted amid its failed ... plan involving SoftBank on January 21. Son joined OpenAI's Sam Altman, Oracle's Larry Ellison, and Trump to announce the planned private ...

SoftBank is in talks to inject up to $25 billion directly into OpenAI, positioning the Japanese tech conglomerate to become the ChatGPT maker's largest financial backer, according to initial reporting from the Financial Times on Wednesday evening.