U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed criticism from close ally Elon Musk about a $500 billion artificial intelligence project that Trump announced with great fanfare at the White House earlier this week.

President-elect Trump is poised to take office on Monday, and some are already wondering whether his policies surrounding electric vehicles will help or hurt automakers including Tesla.  The Austin-based automaker has collected a whopping $11 billion from the sale of regulatory credits to other automakers attempting to comply with emissions targets.