Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) CEO Alex Karp warned on Thursday that major AI companies risk being nationalized, saying the momentum has shifted toward those pushing for government control, as Sen.

Bernie Sanders said he would soon introduce legislation giving the public a 50% ownership stake in the country's largest AI firms.

Speaking with TBPN at Palantir's AIPCon 10, Karp said he has spent six months privately warning top AI executives of the threat.

The response, he said, has largely been dismissal: "Why would anyone nationalize us?

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