US President Donald Trump has put forward a bold initiative capable of changing the country's economic landscape. The head of state stated that Americans could receive direct financial benefits from the rapid growth of companies in the artificial intelligence sector. Trump identified partial state participation in the capital of tech giants as the key mechanism for implementing this idea.
Partnership with the technological revolution
According to the US leader, such a model would effectively turn every citizen into a partner in the technological revolution. This would allow the population to receive a share of the income from companies whose market value in the future could be counted in trillions of dollars. Trump emphasized that this approach would make people richer and increase their loyalty to the development of new technologies.
"There is something very interesting here, as it effectively becomes a partnership with the American people. It's as if you are making them participants in this revolution. That would be wonderful... It would make them rich," the president noted.
Discussion on the scale of participation
The idea of state participation in the capital of AI companies is not new. Over the past year, it has been actively promoted by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. At the same time, independent Senator Bernie Sanders raised the issue of citizens' rights to income from AI development again this week. Sanders proposed granting society a "direct ownership stake" in leading industry companies through a one-time 50% tax paid in stock.
However, industry representatives supporting the concept are advocating for significantly smaller shares for a special state fund. Stock packages ranging from 1% to 5% were mentioned in the discussions. The idea of creating a "public welfare fund" was also included in the OpenAI document "Industrial Policy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," published in April.
Race with China and the future of regulation
According to Axios, artificial intelligence technologies remain controversial for a significant portion of Americans. Some industry leaders and, seemingly, Trump himself believe that attitudes toward AI will improve if citizens have the opportunity to participate in creating new wealth. On the eve of possible stock listings for Anthropic, SpaceX, and OpenAI, the US President noted that the scale of future income is so significant that part of these funds could be directed to American society.
"We will look into this matter. We are discussing how the American people can benefit from the successes of artificial intelligence. Because of this, they will like it even more. We are ahead of China. We are ahead of the entire world in the field of artificial intelligence and want to maintain this advantage," Trump added.
The publication notes that Altman has repeatedly raised this topic during private meetings with administration representatives and also included it in proposals for a new AI development course. This week, he discussed the issue in the Capitol with Bernie Sanders and leaders of both American parties.
New regulatory course
Previously, Trump signed an updated executive order on artificial intelligence oversight. The document allows the administration to postpone making final decisions on industry regulation while new rules for advanced AI models and mechanisms for responding to their cybersecurity capabilities are being developed. The President's team abandoned the stricter approaches of the previous version of the order, arguing that they risk slowing down innovation.
Parallel to political discussions in the technology sector, breakthroughs are occurring. American biotech startup Bexorg demonstrated the operation of the unique BrainEx platform, which allows maintaining the life of a human brain just a few hours after the owner's death. Additionally, researchers have taught a neural network to independently calculate hidden chemical patterns and design unique materials with specific physical characteristics.