Trump Waves Off Criticism From Elon Musk On Big Ai Deal

Trump announced on Tuesday that ChatGPTs creator OpenAI with SoftBank and Oracle are planning a joint venture called Stargate, which he said will build data centres and create more than 100 000 jobs in the US.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Oracle chairman Larry Ellison joined Trump at the White House for the launch.

Musk, the Tesla CEO and the worlds richest man who has become a close adviser to Trump, is a rival of Altman and is in an ongoing lawsuit with OpenAI.

In a post on X on Wednesday, Musk doubted the group can put together the funding for the project. "They don't actually have the money," he said. SoftBank has well under 10-billion secured. I have that on good authority."

Trump, taking questions from reporters at the White House on Thursday, was asked if Musks criticism of the AI deal bothered him.