Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are All Talking About Public Ownership in AI

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2026 (AP) — It was perhaps a surprising private overture from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The meeting between the two had come just after the Vermont independent senator announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, using their stock to create a public wealth fund that would spread the fortune generated by AI behemoths.

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