Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman’s private one-hour meeting about the public ownership of AI

Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a plan for the public to own 50% of AI companies like OpenAI, using their stock to create a public wealth fund. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Sanders to discuss public equity in AI companies but did not support the 50% threshold. President Donald Trump also endorsed the idea of public benefit from AI, highlighting growing political alignment around public ownership of AI's growth.