{"slug": "is-bernie-s-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-proposal-good-or-bad-for-ai-safety", "title": "Is Bernie's AI sovereign wealth fund proposal good or bad for AI safety?", "summary": "U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders proposed the U.S. government own a 50% share of major AI companies through a sovereign wealth fund. The plan aims to prevent AI from creating a permanent underclass among U.S. citizens, but the proposal does not address its implications for AI safety.", "body_md": "In the [New York Times yesterday](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/opinion/artificial-intelligence-bernie-sanders.html), U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders argued that the U.S. Government should own a 50% share of the major AI companies, held within a sovereign wealth fund.\n\nThe main goal of this proposal is to avoid AI resulting in a \"permanent underclass\" (at least among U.S. citizens). However, Bernie's essay doesn't really address the implications for AI safety. So, what do you think?", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-bernie-s-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-proposal-good-or-bad-for-ai-safety", "canonical_source": "https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KrPLSKRwBiSwDrueZ/is-bernie-s-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-proposal-good-or-bad", "published_at": "2026-06-02 12:38:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-02 19:38:00.274242+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Bernie Sanders", "New York Times", "U.S. Government"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-bernie-s-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-proposal-good-or-bad-for-ai-safety", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-bernie-s-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-proposal-good-or-bad-for-ai-safety.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-bernie-s-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-proposal-good-or-bad-for-ai-safety.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-bernie-s-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-proposal-good-or-bad-for-ai-safety.jsonld"}}