Michael R. Bloomberg argues that government ownership stakes in AI companies would harm innovation, competition, and regulation, warning that politics would trump profits and lead to cronyism. He note…
AI is a weapon of class war designed to cheapen labor and concentrate power, and nationalizing it would not change that, argues a socialist critique of Bernie Sanders's proposal to half-nationalize bi…
The Trump administration is exploring taking equity stakes in AI companies, with OpenAI holding preliminary talks about giving Washington a 5% stake worth roughly $42.6 billion at the company's $852 b…
A new Verasight survey of 1,690 U.S. adults found that 60% feel anxious about AI's rise, 67% worry about misinformation, and 69% support a proposal requiring AI companies to transfer half their stock …
A Jacobin contributor argues that nationalizing AI firms, as proposed by Bernie Sanders, is insufficient without democratizing control over the technology's development and use. The author warns that …
A Verasight poll finds 69 percent of Americans support Senator Bernie Sanders' proposal requiring top AI companies to place 50 percent of their stock into a public sovereign wealth fund, which Sanders…
Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed requiring AI providers to hand over 50% of their stock to a US sovereign wealth fund, a plan that critics have misunderstood or opposed on weak grounds, according t…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has imposed a first-of-its-kind data center moratorium, using executive power to halt AI infrastructure expansion while keeping legislative negotiations open, a move tha…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order enacting the nation's first statewide moratorium on large-scale AI data centers, pausing construction of facilities with power demands of 50 megawa…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today temporarily halting state approval of new permits for data centers 50 megawatts or larger, making New York the first state to enact such a mo…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a one-year moratorium on Tuesday banning construction of data centers using 50 megawatts or more, making New York the first state to impose such a ban. The mor…
A new Verasight survey of 1,700 adults finds that 69 percent of US employees support forcing AI companies to transfer 50 percent of their stock into a public wealth fund, an idea championed by Senator…
Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed nationalizing half the stock of major AI companies to create a sovereign wealth fund for the American people, arguing that AI wealth must benefit humanity because i…
A new Verasight survey of 1,690 adults found that 69% of Americans support forcing AI companies to transfer half their stock to a public sovereign wealth fund, and 89% support requiring AI firms to di…
A new poll by research firm Verasight shows that 69% of Americans support Senator Bernie Sanders' American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, which would require large AI companies to transfer 50% of their…
Senators Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act on March 25, 2025, to halt construction of large data centers until Congress enac…
Community opposition to AI data centers in the US has stalled over $156 billion in planned construction in 2025 and $130 billion in early 2026, with over 800 groups in 49 states organizing against pro…
A Verasight survey found 69% of US adults support forcing AI companies to transfer 50% of their equity into a public sovereign wealth fund, with 81% backing government authority to block risky AI rele…
A Verasight survey of 1,690 US adults found 69% support forcing AI companies to transfer 50% of their stock to a public sovereign wealth fund, the policy at the heart of Bernie Sanders’s American AI S…
Tech billionaires have built AI by exploiting humanity's collective creative output, and the public deserves ownership and control over AI, not just compensation. Bernie Sanders' proposal for a 50% ta…