OpenAI considers selling 5% to the US government

OpenAI has discussed the possibility of selling a share of 5% al US governmentas part of a plan to overcome political obstacles and gain financial support from theTrump administration. Sam AltmanCEO of the manufacturing company of ChatGPTargued that giving the public a financial stake in the company is the best way to share in the benefits ofartificial intelligence and suggested a participation of this size in the initial contacts with the administration. They report it to Financial Times two sources familiar with the talks, though OpenAI declined to comment and did the same White House.

The proposed agreement would see other U.S. companies operating in theartificial intelligence would sell a similar share, although it is not yet clear whether other companies would be willing to do so. Giving the government an ownership stake could help consolidate good relations with theadministration and would represent an attempt to mitigate political criticism by sharing the wealth generated by theartificial intelligence.

The difficulties of the sector in Washington

The laboratories of artificial intelligence are facing an increasingly difficult context a Washingtondue to the growing concern of thepublic opinion and gods American politics for building huge data center and for the implications ofIA in terms of employment e IT security.

Controls and regulation of the sector

Recently, yes OpenAI than its main rival Anthropic have seen the publication of their cutting-edge models blocked since US controlwhile some Republicans and advisors to the president Donald Trump they are in favor of much more stringent regulation of the sector.

Company quotes and strategies

The two rival companies are also preparing for the stock market listingwhich would broaden their shareholder base and generate large profits for existing investors, although the stock price of OpenAI it may not happen until next year.

Sovereign fund and shareholding proposals

Altman and other executives of OpenAI have suggested that each of the major developers of artificial intelligence Americans destinies the 5% of its share capital to a fund such asAlaska Permanent Fundand sovereign fund which invests the state’s oil wealth in stocks and distributes dividends to the state government and residents. Among these companies there could be Anthropic, Google, Meta and others, although it is unclear how many of these companies agree with the proposal OpenAI.

The political role and reactions

After publicly attacking the CEO of Intel, Trump has come to the defense of the US chip maker following the government’s acquisition of a stake in the 10%. The CEO of OpenAI he also spoke with the Democratic senator Bernie Sanders in the past few weeks. Sanders promoted the public listing of nearly half of each U.S. company artificial intelligence through a sovereign fund.