Tech executives line up to get on the president-elect’s good side just a month before he takes the oath of office for a second time.

Most notably, there’s co-founder Elon Musk, who now runs rival startup xAI, and is in the midst of a heated legal battle with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, also plans to send $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to make a $1 million personal donation to Trump's inaugural fund, according to an OpenAI spokesperson. Fox News Digital first reported Altman's intended donation.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. A spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed the move on Friday.

This week highlights OpenAI unveiling its o3 models, Amazon’s new password sharing policies, rumors of the iPhone SE 4 being renamed to iPhone 16e, WhatsApp’s seasonal features, and Google’s announcement of a 10% job cut in managerial positions.

Mr. Altman and OpenAI have recently hired key executives who previously worked for the Clinton, Obama and Biden administrations.

Building a chatbot like ChatGPT requires billions upon billions of dollars. That’s the driving force behind OpenAI’s plans to change how it’s managed.

Over the past month, we've seen a rapid cadence of notable AI-related announcements and releases from both Google and OpenAI, and it's been making the AI community's head spin. It has also poured fuel on the fire of the OpenAI-Google rivalry, an accelerating game of one-upmanship taking place unusually close to the Christmas holiday.

OpenAI said Monday it’s releasing its buzzy AI video-generation tool, Sora, later in the day. TakeAway Points: OpenAI, which gained widespread recognition last year as a result of ChatGPT’s viral success,

OpenAI just announced o3 and o3 mini, its next-gen reasoning models.

For users in the United States, ChatGPT is available for phone calls and texts through the 1-800-CHATGPT service. OpenAI has clarified that interactions made through 1-800-CHATGPT will not be used to train the AI model. This assurance is expected to address concerns about privacy and data security.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning on donating $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, Fox News reported on Friday.