Musk and Altman may both need Trump’s blessing to unlock considerable resources for their projects and to stave off inconvenient regulations. “Anything that OpenAI might gain from Trump, xAI could reap as well,

Good morning. Donald Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico—plus a bigger duty on China—will hit next week. OpenAI drops its newest tool. And Blue Origin is launching a star-studded, all-female crew into space.

The rivalry between Sam Altman and Elon Musk is entering its Apprentice era. Both men have the ambition to redefine how the modern world works—and both are jockeying for President Donald Trump’s blessing to accelerate their plans.

OpenAI released a document called a model spec laying out how ChatGPT is supposed to “think,” particularly about ethics. A couple of weeks later, people discovered xAI’s Grok suggesting its owner Elon Musk and titular President Donald Trump deserved the death penalty.

Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, xAI, says it’s investigating why its Grok AI chatbot suggested that both President Donald Trump and Musk deserve the death penalty. xAI has already patched the issue and Grok will no longer give suggestions for who it thinks should receive capital punishment.

Apple’s diversity policies and partnership with OpenAI will come under fire from conservative organisations at its annual shareholder meeting, as the iPhone-maker holds out against corporate activism following Donald Trump’s election as US president.

A California judge denied a motion by Elon Musk to stop the OpenAI artificial intelligence research group from becoming a for-profit company.

In one of his first actions as president, Donald Trump revoked a sweeping executive order from the Biden era that sought to implement safeguards on artificial intelligence. It was a sign that Trump wants to put his own stamp on how the United States should adopt and develop the fast-moving,

Email me at: cameron@cjgventures.co The $500B Stargate Project represents a pivotal moment for both technology and geopolitics. With its massive scale and ambitious goals, it sets a new benchmark for public-private partnerships aimed at advancing critical technologies.

China has also spent years adapting to tariffs from Trump's first term. Some Chinese manufacturers have moved factories out of the country, for instance. And supply chains have come to rely more on Vietnam and Mexico by exporting from there to bypass the tariffs.

AI recently revealed that a prompt modification made by a former OpenAI employee resulted in Grok censoring responses related to Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Co-founder Igor Babuschkin stated that the change was unapproved and was quickly reversed.