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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI

Sanders proposed a 50% public stake in AI companies and discussed the idea with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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Bernie Sanders proposed giving the public a 50% stake in AI companies, and Sam Altman told him he supports public equity in principle but not that threshold. Donald Trump also voiced interest in a public partnership as lawmakers and communities debate AI’s effects.

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Bernie Sanders Meets Sam Altman to Discuss Public Ownership of AI

Sanders proposed a 50% public stake in AI companies and discussed the idea with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Altman said he supports public equity in principle but not Sanders’s proposed threshold. Center outlets focus on Sanders’s proposal and Altman’s response; some also connect them to Donald Trump’s separate interest in a public partnership and wider disputes over AI’s costs, oversight and effects.

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