"Dario and Sam have begun to walk back their claims of massive job loss, but the damage to public trust is done, and now the chickens are coming home to roost."

US administration is exploring stakes in major AI firms days after Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed public ownership of leading AI companies.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp warned AI firms face nationalization risk as Sanders proposes major ownership tax legislation.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first pitched the idea directly to President Donald Trump in early 2025, according to Notus

The policy has attracted support from both sides of the aisle on how to respond to AI, but economists still have concerns.

"You make them a partnership in this revolution," Trump told reporters Friday. "It would be a beautiful thing."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers.

Sam Altman and Bernie Sanders discussed public ownership in AI firms as concerns grow over jobs, data centres and the benefits of AI expansion.

Trump has embraced government investment in private companies in his second term, scrambling his party's politics. His administration last year secured a 10 per cent stake in the…

David Sacks said Bernie Sanders' AI ownership plan could lead to dangerous government-controlled artificial intelligence systems.

OpenAI and the Trump administration are negotiating a direct government stake in the AI startup. The idea is a "Public Wealth Fund" that would pay out directly to American…

Trump will meet AI companies on a plan to give Americans equity in firms like $850bn OpenAI. He has already taken stakes in Intel and IBM. Sanders wants half. No legal mechanism…

David Sacks, chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and former White House AI and Crypto Czar, has criticized US Senator Bernie Sanders' proposal…

Trump told reporters that executives from leading AI companies will visit the White House, “probably next week,” to discuss a potential "partnership."

"Dario and Sam have begun to walk back their claims of massive job loss, but the damage to public trust is done, and now the chickens are coming home to roost."

Trump announces the US government is considering equity stakes in AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic, with an executive meeting planned for next

Trump announces plans to explore US government equity stakes in leading AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI ahead of a White House meeting with

Trump announces plans for federal equity stakes in AI companies like OpenAI, with profits potentially distributed to American households as dividends.

Sam Altman met with Bernie Sanders to discuss public equity in AI companies, as Sanders' sovereign wealth fund bill proposes a 50% stake in top AI firms.

Trump and Sanders are now both publicly calling for Americans to benefit from AI wealth. They disagree on what it takes.

From Washington to Brussels, the fight over who controls artificial intelligence is reaching a turning point, and history suggests the public has always had to wrestle essential…