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Sanders Pitches Plan to Give Public a Stake in AI Firms

By John Johnson with Newser.AIJune 1, 2026 · 1 min read

Bernie Sanders thinks the most powerful technology in history shouldn't be run like a private gold mine. In a New York Times opinion piece, the Vermont senator argues that artificial intelligence is built on "our collective experience"—books, music, research,…

Instead of taxing the profits of AI firms such as Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, Sanders would require them to transfer 50% of their stock into a government-controlled sovereign wealth fund. That would …

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