Ars Technica
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.

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Jan 22, 2025 at 3:22pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadPete Prodoehl 🍕Jan 22, 2025
@arstechnica DO NOT WANT.
Show threadMark T. TomczakJan 22, 2025

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

Points for efficiency I guess.

Show threadSaftyKumaJan 22, 2025

@mark @arstechnica

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

Show threadT.J. CrowderJan 22, 2025
@arstechnica Well, the billionaires get their backhanders then. FFS.
Show threaddjghettoredneckJan 22, 2025
@arstechnica thought he was reducing government spending. 🙄
Show threadChris AdamsonJan 22, 2025
@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

Show threadDaniel M. ReckJan 22, 2025

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

#Stargate #Level28

Show threadƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞJan 22, 2025
@DanielMReck @arstechnica
Show threadPatrickJan 23, 2025
@DanielMReck
Would you mind sharing some of the information you have on Cheyenne Mountain? I could not find anything relevant myself.
Show threadDaniel M. ReckJan 23, 2025
@Mortimer8701 The #Stargate program is not some AI infrastructure project. Everyone knows it collects deep-space radar telemetry #Secrets.
Show threadPatrickJan 23, 2025
@DanielMReck Okay, we're talking about the TV series (that I never watched). Well played!
Show threadDaniel M. ReckJan 23, 2025

@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

Show threadƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞJan 23, 2025
@Mortimer8701 @DanielMReck
More here: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00788r001100210002-6
#Stargate #HopeThisHelps
:-)
PROJECT GRILL FLAME | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)

Show threadJustin DerrickJan 22, 2025

@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.

Show threadpkprotoplasm (MOVED)Jan 22, 2025
@arstechnica Government Efficiency! 🙄
Show thread6H057rUNN3rJan 22, 2025
@arstechnica the richest men on the planet want to gamble with your money not theirs
Show threadDoubtful Duck 🦆Jan 22, 2025

@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

Show threadFitz BushnellJan 22, 2025
@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.
Show threadCorb_The_LesserJan 22, 2025
@arstechnica Starfraud.
Show threadMyOpinionJan 22, 2025
@arstechnica Looking forward to continue to ignore this garbage.
Show threadLee 🌏Jan 22, 2025
@arstechnica
I hope this spurs other countries to more cloud hosting and infrastructure back home home and away from AWS and Microsoft
Show threadNicole ParsonsJan 23, 2025

@arstechnica

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/trumps-relationships-saudi-arabia-elon-musk-foreign-policy/

All Republicans do is reward their billionaire donors with taxpayers money.

Larry Ellison

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/

Mohammed bin Salman
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-crown-prince-seeks-600-bln-investment-push-with-us-2025-01-22/

Elon Musk
https://www.techinasia.com/news/saudi-firm-considers-tiktok-bid-musk-joins

POV: How Trump’s Relationships with Saudi Arabia and Elon Musk Will Shape Foreign Policy

Donald Trump’s personal ties to Elon Musk, and his business interests with Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, pose legal and ethical challenges for the incoming administration, BU’s Paul Hare argues in this op-ed.

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Show threadDaedaleanJan 23, 2025
@arstechnica the sheer audacity to claim job creation for a project that by intent ‘outperforms humans at most economically valuable work’ is really something.
Show threadtechDJan 24, 2025
@arstechnica Can anyone say 'SkyNet'? This is how we get 'SkyNet'---because these individuals are anti-regulation.