Elon Musk and AI rivals pledge to give away nearly $300B

washingtonpost.com

5 points·bookofjoe··6 comments

Open articleView on HN

And where did the $300B ultimately come from?

Asking for a friend who started a GoFundMe to get essential meds.

https://wapo.st/4i9JVEZ

Why 2 links (2 paywalls) to the same article? Just curious.

1. Because YOU get a paywall does not mean others do

2. The links have different URLs

3. I pay $140/year to subscribe to the Washington Post so I have access to what the paper says are gift links that I can "share with others"; I post those here as a gesture and courtesy to HN users

Having said that, here are 2 alternatives that might work for you:

https://unwall.app/www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10...

https://wallhop.io/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology...

Thank you. I didn't mean to cast shade on posting a link with a paywall. Thanks to HN (perhaps some of your shares) I picked up a WP subscription, though when editorial intrusion got too obvious I turned it off. I see you post generously and it's often of interest to me.

Usually the first additional link to an article is an archive/non-paywall link. That the two links went to the same thing was really the point of my question.

The slug here is misleading. Musk is wanting to give away shares to Trump accounts. He has lied about so many things it is highly doubtful this is true.

Anthropic and OpenAI have said they will give away 300B. Also highly doubtful and a drop in the bucket given they intend to take away everyone's job.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com