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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, aligning with other tech giants like Meta and Amazon.

Altman expressed support for Trump’s AI-focused agenda to maintain U.S. leadership in the field.

This comes amid Altman’s legal dispute with Elon Musk, who is leading Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency.

Musk, a former OpenAI investor, has accused the company of abandoning its public-benefit mission.

The donation highlights tech executives’ efforts to build ties with the incoming administration.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

lol all these tech companies really think this will stop Trump from shitting on them

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This just a protection racket. Their competitors who don't donate will be hurt first. We live under organized crime now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Only since forever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

They're probably right.

Trump can say he won them over and that all of our best tech companies are friends of the government and him personally (which are the same to him). That's pretty close to Trump's favorite thing.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Scumbags. All of them. Now not even trying to hide it. Capitalism really IS organized crime.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Oh just wait until they all start supplying trump with whatever data or tools he needs to do some really heinous shit.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Altman, Zuckerberg, Bezos (any others?) all paid exactly $1 million.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

The price of keeping in the kings good graces

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

My guess is that Trump is collecting "protection" money. It's not racketeering of he's the president, right?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

That's too bad, I was a huge supporter of Open AI before thi- hahaha . . Naaaaahhhhhh nah, not really. Fuck this guy and his horrorware.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Is this to pre-buy a pardon for when he gets connected to the OpenAI whistle blower's death?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Gross little worm.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What exactly is this inaugural fund being used for? Is it legal? They just bribing Trump with money?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Look at the missing money from his 2016 inauguration for the answer.

I don't believe that was ever resolved, though Melania was involved somehow.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Ops AI my ass

More like open source AI and as soon as I got the free work let me steal everything for a for profit company

Fuck sam altman

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Didn't this fucked ask for 8 trillion or some shit?

Why is he donating a single mil?

What a cheap assfuck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Booooooooo. Freaking sellouts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Well at least these execs are becoming more charitable! And you thought they were just greedy.