OpenAI considers a Faustian bargain with the U.S. government. | Business News

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for a U.S.-led global AI standards body in the FT. A day later, the FT reported OpenAI offered the U.S. government a 5% stake worth $42.6 billion.

Sam Altman wants Americans to share in AI’s wealth. The proposal may be more revealing as a political narrative than as a policy plan.