US President Donald Trump has said that he would meet top artificial intelligence firms to discuss the possibility of the government taking a stake in their companies to address public concern over AI.
News site NOTUS reported that Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recently discussed the idea with Trump administration officials and pitched it directly to the president last year.
“There’s something very interesting about it, where it almost becomes a partnership with the American public, and we’ll look into that,” Trump said on Friday.
Trump added that he would meet “all of the companies” at the White House as soon as next week.
Discussions have reportedly included AI tech giants ceding shares to the government, with returns on the investment delivering dividend payouts to citizens.
“There’s so much money and it’s so big that there are concepts where the American public essentially becomes a partner with the companies,” Trump said.
“The American people can benefit from the success of AI, and by doing that they’re going to like it better.”
Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order creating a voluntary framework under which AI developers will share advanced models with the government before their public release.
