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Before officially taking office as president, Donald Trump OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had a lengthy conversation discussing the potential of artificial intelligence and the need to develop the technology in the United States, CNBC has learned.
In conversations on Friday, Trump was particularly keen on building artificial intelligence in the United States rather than developing it in China and what that would mean for U.S. job creation and confidence during his administration, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversation was private.
After Trump was inaugurated on Monday, the president quickly began touting the importance of artificial intelligence. He announced on Tuesday that he open artificial intelligence, Oracle and SoftBank Invest billions of dollars AI OpenAI’s involvement is notable as Altman is in the middle of a fierce legal battle with U.S. infrastructure Tesla CEO Elon MuskAn adviser to Trump and a top financial backer in his 2024 campaign, he co-founded the nonprofit OpenAI in 2015.
Musk quickly weaken The newly announced project is called Stargate, and he wrote in a post on He added that “according to reliable sources” he knew that SoftBank had “secured well under $10B in funding.”
On Wednesday morning, Altman responded to Musk on
Microsoft “All I know is I’m happy with my $80 billion,” CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC, referring to his company’s plans to invest in artificial intelligence this year Data center plans. Microsoft is OpenAI’s main financial backer.
Musk leads Trump’s new administration effectiveness advisory committee Sue OpenAI Trying to prevent its transformation into a for-profit entity. The two sides have argued in court documents and in public. in a blog post In December, OpenAI wrote that in 2017, Musk “not only wanted, but actually created a for-profit” as the company’s proposed new structure. OpenAI released screenshots of Musk’s emails to support its claims.
Altman remains in touch with Oracle CEO despite already strained relationship with Musk Larry EllisonSources say he is a loyal Trump supporter, which helps his standing among the president’s team. Oracle and OpenAI entered into a cloud computing partnership in June.
Altman is also close to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, another source said. Before the Stargate announcement, Masayoshi Son publicly pledged to invest $100 billion in the United States, and SoftBank also supported OpenAI.
