{"slug": "sanders-wants-the-public-to-own-half-of-openai-anthropic-and-xai", "title": "Sanders wants the public to own half of OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI", "summary": "Senator Bernie Sanders announced plans to introduce legislation requiring major AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI to transfer 50% of their stock into a federal sovereign wealth fund. The proposal, outlined in a June 1 New York Times op-ed, would directly challenge the control currently held by industry leaders Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk over the most prominent AI labs.", "body_md": "Sen. Bernie Sanders said he will introduce legislation that would require the largest AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI (@xai), to transfer 50% of their stock into a federal sovereign wealth fund, putting public ownership directly in conflict with the control that Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk (@elonmusk) have over the industry's most closely watched labs. Sanders laid out the proposal in a June 1 New York Times op ed republished on his Senate site. He said the Americ...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sanders-wants-the-public-to-own-half-of-openai-anthropic-and-xai", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/sanders-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-openai-anthropic-xai", "published_at": "2026-06-03 18:34:28+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-03 19:14:23.515451+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Bernie Sanders", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "xAI", "Sam Altman", "Dario Amodei", "Elon Musk", "New York Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sanders-wants-the-public-to-own-half-of-openai-anthropic-and-xai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sanders-wants-the-public-to-own-half-of-openai-anthropic-and-xai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sanders-wants-the-public-to-own-half-of-openai-anthropic-and-xai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sanders-wants-the-public-to-own-half-of-openai-anthropic-and-xai.jsonld"}}