“Donald Trump will lead America into the age of AI, and I look forward to supporting his efforts to ensure America stays ahead,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement.
Sam Altman, who is embroiled in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk, has said he is not too worried about the Tesla CEO’s influence in the incoming administration.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to make a personal donation of $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives seeking to improve their relationship with the incoming administration. are working An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the move on Friday. The announcement comes a day after Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it had donated $1 million to the same fund. Amazon also said it plans to donate $1 million.
“President Trump will lead our country into the age of AI, and I look forward to supporting his efforts to ensure America stays ahead,” Altman said in a statement.
Altman, who is embroiled in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk, has said he is “not that concerned” about the Tesla CEO’s influence in the incoming administration.
Trump is putting Musk, the world’s richest man, and Vivek Ramaswamy, a businessman and former Republican presidential candidate, in charge of the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, an outside advisory committee that works with government insiders. will work Reduce costs and regulations.
Musk, an early investor and board member of OpenAI, filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company earlier this year, alleging that the ChatGPT creator had abandoned its founding goals of public good rather than profit. cheated Musk recently escalated the lawsuit by asking a federal judge to halt OpenAI’s plans to transform itself into a more fully profitable business.
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