President Donald Trump was asked to address Elon Musk's criticism of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at an Oval Office press opportunity with reporters on Thursday. REPORTER: Does it bother you that Elon Musk criticized a deal that you made publicly that he said that he tweeted that?

President Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off an ugly back-and-forth between tech CEOs Elon Musk and Sam Altman that pitted one of Trump’s most visible lieutenants against a key participant in a massive $500 billion AI project Trump announced Tuesday.

Sticks and Stones Yesterday, we reported that tech moguls Elon Musk and Sam Altman are already falling over themselves to win the favor of returning president Donald Trump. That drama has since spilled out of the oval office and onto X-formerly-Twitter,

OpenAI’s plan to build new data centers will get no government subsidies and is in fact already well underway.

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has announced a shift in his previously critical perspective on President Donald Trump. Newsweek has contacted OpenAI and the White House for comment via email.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded barbs on social media Wednesday after the OpenAI boss took center stage at the White House to unveil his ambitious $500 billion “Stargate” AI infrastructure project. Appearing alongside Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son,

President Donald Trump talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to AI by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

The OpenAI CEO said he had been stuck in a “npc trap,” invoking a slang term that originates from video games.

Tensions between technology leaders Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were on full display this week after the Tesla CEO slammed the new artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project,

Elon Musk is in conflict with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Trump-backed Stargate AI data centre project. The clash is part of a long-standing feud that began over OpenAI leadership. Musk has questioned the project’s financial backing,

Trump announced a $500 billion joint venture between OpenAI, Softbank, MGX and Oracle to build new datacenters to power the next wave of AI.

Having the nation’s largest employer move in this direction provides cover and legitimacy to others who have wanted to make this change already.”