Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project

• Musk undercuts Trump on Stargate AI investment announcement

  Open AI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son appeared alongside President Donald Trump to announce the Stargate plan.
  
  CNBC - 4h
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  OpenAI spars with Elon Musk over $500bn Stargate project

  Tesla boss in rare break with Donald Trump over AI initiative, saying ‘they don’t actually have the money’
  
  Financial Times - 6h
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  OpenAI Stargate is a $500B bet: America’s AI Manhattan Project or costly dead end?

  OpenAI, Oracle, Softbank and MGX are investing a record amount in new AI infrastructure even as China's DeepSeek outperforms on cost.
  
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  Trump announces 'Stargate' AI infrastructure project with 'colossal data centers'

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  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says This Will Be the No.1 Most Valuable Skill in the Age of AI

  Nope, it’s not IQ, EQ, or adaptability.
  
  Inc. - 5d

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Denies Sexual-Abuse Claims Made by Sister

  Ann Altman’s lawsuit says the alleged abuse occurred at the family’s home in Missouri when she and Sam Altman were children.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 8
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  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sister's sexual abuse allegations in lawsuit

  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused her regularly between the years of 1997 and 2006.
  
  NBC News - Jan. 8

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in lawsuit

  In a lawsuit filed in Missouri, Sam Altman's sister has accused the OpenAI CEO of years of sexual abuse. Altman denied the claims.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 8
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  OpenAI's Sam Altman urges Trump to ease power plant, data center construction

  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested that President-elect Trump should ease restrictions on data center and power plant construction to help boost the development of energy-intensive artificial ...
  
  The Hill - Jan. 7

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