Debatable: Government Stakes in AI
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is drafting legislation to impose a 50% stock tax on AI companies to give the public a direct ownership stake through a sovereign wealth fund, an idea President Donald Trum…
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is drafting legislation to impose a 50% stock tax on AI companies to give the public a direct ownership stake through a sovereign wealth fund, an idea President Donald Trum…
The House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution on June 3 directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran, with four Republicans joining Democrats in t…
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and former SEC chairman, as director of national intelligence, replacing…
President Donald Trump adjusted his baseless conspiracy theory that California's primary elections were rigged against Republicans after his endorsed gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton qualified for…
Anthropic released an economic policy framework Wednesday proposing three tiers of response to potential AI-driven unemployment, pledging $350 million to develop solutions. The company outlined plans …
OpenAI identified two likely Chinese influence operations that used ChatGPT to generate social media content stoking debate over U.S. data center buildouts and tariffs, according to a new report from …
President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. government may take equity stakes in leading AI companies, aligning with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's private pitch for government ownership. Senator Bernie Sander…
Anthropic successfully lobbied the Trump administration to adopt government oversight of artificial intelligence, leading to a May 2026 executive order that created a voluntary review process for new …
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2, 2026, directing federal agencies to collaborate with AI developers on a voluntary program requiring frontier models to undergo federal cyber…
President Trump shared an AI-generated image on Truth Social Saturday depicting the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago with a trash bag on its roof and surrounded by homeless encampments, moc…
Entrepreneur David Sacks published a Twitter thread criticizing proposals for government ownership stakes in AI firms, warning that "nationalization of AI will accelerate the corporate-government fusi…
President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he is considering a government partnership with major AI companies that could include taking an equity stake, echoing a proposal from Senator Bernie Sanders tha…
President Trump posted an AI-generated video on Truth Social featuring a song titled "Thank You President Trump" and a series of fantastical scenes, including his face on a pizza, riding a camel, para…
President Donald Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum on Friday directing the U.S. military to rapidly adopt the most advanced commercial and open-source artificial intelligence sy…
Sriram Krishnan, a senior policy advisor for artificial intelligence at the White House, is leaving the Trump administration at the end of June. Krishnan, a former tech executive and venture capitalis…
President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer, who served 22 months in prison for insider trading after leaving office. Buyer was convict…
President Donald Trump said Friday he has discussed potential deals with AI companies that would allow the American public to benefit from AI success, and CNBC reported the administration is specifica…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman requested and held a private, nearly hourlong meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders this week to discuss the senator's proposal for public ownership of AI companies, including a 50% s…
President Donald Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum on June 5 directing the national security enterprise to accelerate adoption of artificial intelligence while maintaining const…
President Donald Trump made baseless claims of election fraud in California's primary, targeting Democratic voters with false allegations of cheating. Republican candidate Steve Hilton, who currently …