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525 Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders And Sam Altman Are All Talking About Public Ownership In AI

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 06/07/2026 07:34 EDT

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders And Sam Altman Are All Talking About Public Ownership In AI

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in AI companies, remembers the Associated Press.

And then OpenAI's Sam Altman "told Sanders that he, too, wants the public to have equity in AI companies."


Though the CEO said he couldn't support Sanders' threshold of 50%, he nonetheless wanted to work with him to advocate for the general idea, according to people with knowledge of the conversation. The nearly hourlong meeting in Sanders' Senate office this week,.

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