{"id":2511580,"date":"2025-11-17T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-calls-bezos-a-copy-cat-for-new-ai-effort\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:43:52","slug":"musk-calls-bezos-a-copy-cat-for-new-ai-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-calls-bezos-a-copy-cat-for-new-ai-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk calls Bezos a \u2018copy cat\u2019 for new AI effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-calls-bezos-a-copy-cat-for-new-ai-effort%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2511580&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon Musk humorously called Jeff Bezos a &#8220;copy cat&#8221; following Bezos&#8217;s declaration of his new <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">artificial intelligence<\/a> venture<\/a>, Project prometheus, where Bezos will serve as co-CEO. this move marks Bezos&#8217;s entry into the competitive AI industry, which already includes Musk&#8217;s own xAI company as well as major players like Google, Meta, and ChatGPT. Musk, who launched his AI chatbot Grok two years earlier and is currently working on its fifth version, made the comment on X (formerly Twitter). The article also highlights the ongoing rivalry between Musk and Bezos, particularly in areas such as space exploration and autonomous driving, given their similar career trajectories with companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Tesla, and Amazon. Musk has previously criticized Blue Origin&#8217;s performance compared to SpaceX.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk calls Bezos a &lsquo;copy cat&rsquo; for new AI effort<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2401893\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>X owner <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3830983\/musk-xai-grokipedia-wikipedia-co-founder-spotlights-blacklist\/\">Elon Musk<\/a> joked about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos&rsquo;s newest venture in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3880842\/ai-data-centers-anger-across-spectrum\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a>, two years after Musk launched his own AI chatbot.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos is jumping into the crowded AI industry by becoming co-CEO of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/17\/technology\/bezos-project-prometheus.html\">Project Prometheus<\/a>, according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>. Besides Musk&rsquo;s xAI company, Bezos will be competing against Google, Meta, and ChatGPT in the tech space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3889533\/senators-ask-dc-circuit-suspend-james-boasberg-pending-impeachment-vote\/\">Senators ask chief judge on DC Circuit to suspend James Boasberg pending House impeachment vote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3889144\/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts-carlson-fuentes\/\">Heritage board member Robert George joins exodus leaving foundation over Fuentes defense<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3889440\/hoarse-trump-shouting-stupid-people-trade-blew-my-stack\/\">Hoarse Trump says he was shouting at &#8216;stupid&#8217; people over trade: &#8216;I blew my stack&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Haha no way,&rdquo; Musk <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1990479697793491195\">wrote on X<\/a> Monday with a laughing emoji. &ldquo;Copy [cat emoji].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Haha no way &#128514;<\/p>\n<p>Copy &#128008; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TG8UMrWwQr\">https:\/\/t.co\/TG8UMrWwQr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1990479697793491195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Musk is already working on the fifth iteration of his Grok AI chatbot. xAI&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3830983\/musk-xai-grokipedia-wikipedia-co-founder-spotlights-blacklist\/\">latest project was Grokipedia<\/a>, a Wikipedia-like website written with AI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bezos is going on four years since stepping down as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/amazon\/\">Amazon&rsquo;s<\/a> chief executive. Shortly before stepping away, Bezos merged Amazon with self-driving car company Zoox in 2020. That was over 15 years after Musk became the chairman of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tesla\/\">Tesla<\/a>, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-real-life-iron-man-the-incredible-story-of-elon-musks-rise-to-worlds-richest-man\/\" title=\"\u2018A Real Life Iron-Man\u2019: The Incredible Story Of ...\u2019s Rise To World\u2019s Richest Man\">electric car company<\/a> that also specializes in autonomous driving. In 2000, Bezos founded <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/blue-origin\/\">Blue Origin<\/a>, followed by Musk founding <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spacex\/\">SpaceX<\/a> in 2002.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The similar career paths have prompted Musk to defend his companies against those of Bezos. Earlier this year, when then-acting NASA Administrator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-duffy\/\">Sean Duffy<\/a> suggested NASA <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/space\/3858691\/musk-says-trump-transportation-chief-sean-dummy-trying-to-kill-nasa\/\">open up contracts<\/a> to more companies other than SpaceX, Musk mocked the implied comparison between SpaceX and Blue Origin.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Blue Origin has never delivered a payload to orbit, let alone the Moon,&rdquo; Musk <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1980318686725677162\">wrote on X<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3824013\/general-services-administration-elon-musk-xai-heavily-discounted-access\/\"><strong>GSA ANNOUNCES DEAL WITH MUSK&rsquo;S XAI FOR HEAVILY DISCOUNTED ACCESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin currently only has plans for a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/blue-moon\/mark-1\">cargo lunar lander<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to Bezos for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk mocks Bezos as &#8216;copycat&#8217; in new AI project rivalry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2511581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/musk-bezos-e1763414179833.jpg?1763396174&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51738,15686,4250],"class_list":["post-2511580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ai-2","tag-bezos","tag-musk"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/musk-bezos-e1763414179833.jpg?1763396174&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2511584,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511580\/revisions\/2511584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}