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OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake

19 points by enraged_camel ago | 5 comments

ben_w |next [-]

Despite how I think "government owns shares in all businesses" is a perfectly decent way to organise taxation, manage national security concerns, fund UBI, etc., with this government in particular it reeks of cronyism.

It's not like Altman's teflon coating has been remaining intact, neither.

andsoitis |next |previous [-]

Altman, chief executive of the ChatGPT maker, has argued that giving the public a financial stake in the company is the best way to share the upside of AI

Nothing is free. What are the strings?

andsoitis |next |previous [-]

This is much less than the 50% that Bernie Sanders wants.

vlian2088 |previous [-]

next up: open weight models are extremely dangerous to our democracy :)