Trump announces $500B “Stargate” AI infrastructure project with AGI aims
Trump: "The largest AI infrastructure project in history, and it's taking place here in America"
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/trump-announces-500b-stargate-ai-infrastructure-project-with-agi-aims/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
As OpenAI launches $500B “Stargate” project, critics express skepticism

Elon Musk questions funding for massive AI infrastructure project; Altman defends financial backing.

Ars Technica

@arstechnica Oh my God we're speedrunning all the stupid Reaganesque ideas.

Points for efficiency I guess.

@mark @arstechnica

But apparently Musk hates it? I guess he's pissed Altman is getting a cut rather than he is off the "deal?"

@arstechnica Well, the billionaires get their backhanders then. FFS.
@arstechnica thought he was reducing government spending. 🙄
@arstechnica I liked this better when it was the Fifth Generation Computer Project, and it was Japan pissing away their money instead of us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Generation_Computer_Systems
Fifth Generation Computer Systems - Wikipedia

@arstechnica Y'all know this is just another cover story for what's going on under Cheyenne Mountain, right?

#Stargate #Level28

@DanielMReck
Would you mind sharing some of the information you have on Cheyenne Mountain? I could not find anything relevant myself.
@Mortimer8701 The #Stargate program is not some AI infrastructure project. Everyone knows it collects deep-space radar telemetry #Secrets.
@DanielMReck Okay, we're talking about the TV series (that I never watched). Well played!

@Mortimer8701 @spacemagick Alright, if you're gonna go ahead with it, I wanna make sure you get one thing right.

It's "O'Neill," with two Ls. There's another Colonel O'Neil with only one L; he has no sense of humor at all.

#Stargate #Secrets

@arstechnica Guess I was wrong to sell my tech stocks thinking they were overdue for a crash.

Never underestimate tech bros appetite for bootlicking in exchange for billions in government funding.

@arstechnica the richest men on the planet want to gamble with your money not theirs

@arstechnica

> Meanwhile on X, Trump ally and frequent Altman foe Elon Musk immediately attacked the Stargate plan, writing, "They don't actually have the money," and following up with a claim that we cannot yet substantiate, saying, "SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority."

Oh no, Elon isn't getting any of that money and he's not happy.

#trump #ai

@doubtfulduck @arstechnica I don't know whether having them fighting is good - less attention to screwing over the rest of us - or bad - collateral damage all over the place.
@arstechnica Looking forward to continue to ignore this garbage.
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I hope this spurs other countries to more cloud hosting and infrastructure back home home and away from AWS and Microsoft
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@arstechnica the sheer audacity to claim job creation for a project that by intent ‘outperforms humans at most economically valuable work’ is really something.
@arstechnica Can anyone say 'SkyNet'? This is how we get 'SkyNet'---because these individuals are anti-regulation.