Elon Musk has publicly praised Anthropic and promised not to "cut off" the AI lab from SpaceX's servers, despite previous negative comments. This follows a deal where Anthropic became one of SpaceX's largest customers, paying $1.25 billion per month through May 2029 for 300 megawatts of compute from xAI's Colossus 1 data center. Musk responded to users on X who suggested he could boot Anthropic, stating that such a tactic is "not my style" and acknowledging Anthropic as "currently the leader in AI." Musk cited Tesla's 2014 decision to not initiate patent lawsuits and its opening of the Supercharger network as examples of his style of not squeezing competitors. The article notes that there would likely be contractual consequences if Musk were to shut down Anthropic's infrastructure, and that SpaceX benefits greatly from the deal, both financially and through engineering insights. It also mentions Musk's history of suing OpenAI and his acknowledgment during a trial that AI "distilling" is a real practice.
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