OpenAI’s Stargate Project Struggles

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

SoftBank–OpenAI’s $500B AI plans delayed; Google & OpenAI win Math Olympiad gold amid dispute over announcement; Anthropic eyes UAE, Qatar funding despite regime concerns.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Trend Watch: Build Viral Content Director Using Claude

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Cinematic Room Makeover VFX Prompt

• AI Video Tutorial

• F-R-E-E AI Course of the Day: Prompt Engineering Interactive Course

Hottest AI News

OpenAI

SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Goals Pushed Back as Stargate Faces Delays

SoftBank and OpenAI's ambitious $500 billion Stargate project, announced with great fanfare at the White House six months ago, is struggling to deliver on its promises and has dramatically scaled back its immediate goals.

Details:

• Six months in, the joint venture has no deals. It targets one small Ohio site—far from the $100B promise. Partners clash over locations, with SoftBank pushing SB Energy sites. Oracle’s CEO says, “Stargate is not formed yet”

• OpenAI moved ahead solo. It landed a $30B annual deal with Oracle for 4.5GW—triple its revenue. With CoreWeave, OpenAI nears Stargate’s target. Some projects use the “Stargate” name without SoftBank’s backing

• SoftBank’s Son pushed the deal after missing early AI opportunities. He pledged $30B, SoftBank’s biggest startup investment, taking on debt and selling assets. Each side planned $18B, but amounts were never fixed

The rocky Stargate launch shows the high risks of AI infrastructure, despite industry growth. Son stays bullish on OpenAI, but the gap between big promises and real progress remains clear.

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DeepMind

Google and OpenAI Earn Gold in Math Olympiad Amid Disagreement on Announcement Timing

OpenAI and Google DeepMind both claim gold-medal scores at the 2025 International Math Olympiad, marking a major AI milestone. The announcements, however, sparked controversy over timing and evaluation, fueling rivalry between the two tech giants.

Details:

• OpenAI and Google’s AI solved 5 of 6 IMO problems using natural language, a big leap from last year’s systems that needed human help. Both outperform most high schoolers in one of the world’s toughest math contests

• Google criticized OpenAI for announcing early without official IMO grading. Google waited for formal results; OpenAI used ex-IMO medalists for review and skipped formal participation to focus on natural language

• The clash shows rising rivalry as AI firms compete for public dominance and top talent. With both systems performing equally, OpenAI’s earlier lead is shrinking ahead of GPT-5’s launch

Despite debate over announcements, AI systems are rapidly advancing, matching and even surpassing human performance in complex math — a clear sign of accelerating progress across the industry.

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Top AI & Tech News

• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a leaked memo the company plans to seek funding from UAE and Qatar despite concerns about aiding authoritarian regimes

• ChatGPT receives approximately 2.5 billion prompts daily worldwide, with 330 million from the U.S., demonstrating rapid growth and widespread use

• Elon Musk said on X that xAI will create a kid-friendly “Baby Grok” after adding matchmaking to the main Grok AI

• Microsoft is reportedly blocking Cursor from 60,000+ extensions in its VSCode ecosystem, including its Python language server

AI Trend Watch

Build a Viral Content Director Using Claude and TikTok Data 🤯

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AI Art Spotlight

Model: Midjourney V7

Prompt:

A hyper-realistic 3D diorama of a Caribbean scene in the shape of a popsicle stick. A miniature cruise ship is docked in clear turquoise waters, surrounded by rocky islands, sandy beaches, and beachgoers. The popsicle stick forms the base and background, with hyper-realistic textures on the waves, tropical vegetation, and a bright sunny sky. Clean, playful, serene ultra-detailed. --v 7

Prompt of the Day

Cinematic Room Makeover VFX Prompt

This prompt showcases a photorealistic, cinematic transformation of an empty room into a beautifully furnished Scandinavian-style interior. Using advanced VFX techniques, the scene captures the seamless appearance of furniture and decor in a sunlit space, highlighting minimalist design and cozy atmosphere.

Top AI Video Tutorial

Make Any AI 100x More Useful by Mastering Context Engineering

Complimentary AI Course of the Day

Anthropic's Prompt Engineering Interactive Course

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive, step-by-step understanding of how to engineer optimal prompts within Claude. By completing the course, you will master the basic structure of an effective prompt and learn to recognize common failure modes, along with the '80/20' techniques to address them.