🚨 BREAKING: ELON MUSK vs SAM ALTMAN – AI POWER STRUGGLE GOES GLOBAL 🌍🤖
According to the WSJ, Elon Musk tried to torpedo Sam Altman’s $BILLION AI data center deal in Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 — by name-dropping President Trump! 😳
🔥 The project, Stargate UAE, is backed by OpenAI + tech giants like Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco, & SoftBank — and is poised to be one of the largest AI facilities ever, powered by up to 1 gigawatt ⚡️ by 2027!
💣 Musk reportedly warned UAE’s G42 execs that Trump wouldn’t greenlight the deal unless his own startup, xAI, was included. The drama unfolded just days before Trump’s Gulf visit, with Musk tagging along after finding out Altman would be there to finalize things.
👀 Plot twist: Despite the pressure, the Trump administration approved the deal anyway on May 22 — calling it “a great deal for the American people.” 🇺🇸
💬 Musk, who co-founded OpenAI but later called Altman “Scam Altman,” slammed the project publicly — but behind the scenes, his objections triggered a White House review. Some say it was out of spite, others say it was for “AI fairness.”
🤝 In return for the AI chip export deal (up to 500,000 chips/year), UAE pledged $1.4T in U.S. investments, plus a juicy $2B crypto fund tied to Trump allies 👀💸
⚡️ Meanwhile, OpenAI confirmed UAE will get enhanced free access to ChatGPT, and G42 will match UAE investment with a similar one in the Stargate U.S. project 🇺🇸🇦🇪
🔮 With AI + crypto + geopolitics now colliding in the Gulf, could this spark the next wave of AI-fueled blockchain investment?
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