White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Wednesday she doesn’t suppose President Trump helps federal companies contracting with Elon Musk’s synthetic intelligence (AI) firm.
“I don’t suppose so, no,” Leavitt stated.
Requested if Trump would then need the federal government to cancel a not too long ago introduced contract with Musk’s AI enterprise, Leavitt stated she would speak to the president about it.
The feedback come roughly per week after Musk’s firm, xAI, scored a contract for as much as $200 million with the Division of Protection, alongside three different main tech corporations.
xAI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI all obtained contracts with the identical ceiling from the Chief Digital and Synthetic Intelligence Workplace to assist enhance the company’s adoption of superior AI.
That announcement got here on the identical day xAI unveiled a collection of AI merchandise for U.S. authorities prospects, which it refers to as Grok for Authorities.
Trump and Musk have been locked in a bitter feud for the reason that Tesla CEO departed his position as a particular authorities worker on the finish of Could. Musk has criticized Trump’s signature coverage invoice and floated the thought of beginning one other political celebration, whereas Trump has advised he may hurt Musk by canceling federal contracts along with his companies, similar to SpaceX.
