Musk criticizes Trump-endorsed AI mega venture

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Tech titan Elon Musk cast doubt Wednesday on a $500 billion Artificial Intelligence project announced by United States President Donald Trump, saying the money promised for the investment actually wasn’t there.

The comments marked a rare instance of a split between the world’s richest man and Trump, with Musk playing a key role in the newly installed administration after spending $270 million on the election campaign.

In his first full day in the White House, Trump on Tuesday announced a major investment to build infrastructure for AI, led by Japanese giant SoftBank and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.

Trump said the venture, called Stargate, “will invest $500 billion, at least, in AI infrastructure in the United States.”