OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank team up on multibillion-dollar AI project
President Trump, accompanied by Oracle CTO Larry Ellison, from left, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, announces an AI investment Tuesday at the White House. President Trump on Tuesday announced that OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank are partnering on a venture to direct more than $100 billion toward computing infrastructure that will power artificial intelligence in the United States. i realize what is great for the country isn’t always what’s optimal for your companies, but in your new role i hope you’ll mostly put first.” Musk, who runs an artificial intelligence company, xAI, but was also an early investor in OpenAI, is embroiled in a legal battle with OpenAI and has accused the San Francisco-based company of putting profits over the “benefit of humanity.” While AI is being put to use to address a seemingly limitless array of challenges including fighting wildfires and diagnosing diseases, concerns remain about the impact the technology will have on jobs, people’s safety and other issues. It’s unclear whether new data centers will be built in California as part of this effort, but OpenAI’s blog post said that Stargate is looking at potential sites across the United States.
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