OpenAI floats 5% government stake to ease AI tensions with Trump
TL;DR
OpenAI has floated giving the US government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way to ease tensions with the Trump administration and blunt backlash against AI, according to the Financial Times. CEO Sam Altman reportedly pitched the idea early last year; at OpenAI’s latest funding round value, the stake would be worth about $42.6 billion. The discussions are in early stages and would involve other US AI companies, with some policymakers advocating to reshape how public wealth interacts with AI amid ongoing regulatory scrutiny.
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