OpenAI reportedly wants all AI companies to give the US government a stake in their businesses
Key takeaways
- Sam Altman is in talks with the US government in a bid to clear political hurdles, says the Financial Times.
- AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI have recently encountered roadblocks from the US government when it came to releasing their latest AI models.
- In June, Trump had signed a scaled-back executive order, which asks AI companies to share their most powerful models for voluntary government review 30 days before making them available to the public.
Sam Altman is in talks with the US government in a bid to clear political hurdles, says the Financial Times.
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Open AI's Sam Altman has reportedly been in talks with the US government to ensure his company's path towards achieving its goals remains free of political hurdles. According to the Financial Times, Altman has suggested giving the government a five percent stake in the company, in order to share the spoils of the AI boom with the public. But his idea doesn't only involve OpenAI: Under his proposal, other top AI companies like Google, Anthropic, xAI and Meta would have to agree to give the government a similar stake in their businesses.
AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI have recently encountered roadblocks from the US government when it came to releasing their latest AI models. Anthropic had to block all access to its Mythos and Fable cybersecurity models after being ordered to do so by the Trump administration. It was only recently granted permission to restore users' access to them. Meanwhile, OpenAI had to roll out a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 model to government-approved partners, as requested by the administration, as well.