Donald Trump says US may take equity stakes in AI companies

Donald Trump says US may take equity stakes in AI companies(ft.com)

21 points by root-parent 7 days ago | 9 comments

xrd 7 days ago |

Do they pinky promise not to bail out their investments with taxpayer dollars?

nosioptar 7 days ago | |

Of course not, politicians only make promises with their middle finger extended.

I share the concern. If were going to use tax dollars to bail someone out, it should be bailing out taxpayers rather than greedy parasites.

yepyoukno 7 days ago |

Hold on now, are both Bernie and Donald both saying the same things?

Next point, are Trump supporters who criticized Sanders swinging this in positive light?

throwerofways67 7 days ago |

This would be good for ai development, right? It would disincentivize excessive regulation on ai as the government has a stake it it... On the other hand it might make it more attractive to lock out open source as that threatens profits. What do others here think?

root-parent 7 days ago | |

"OpenAI says it will comply with Trump’s order requiring AI model reviews before release" - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/openai-trump-ai-model-review...

Prepare for ChatGPT 5.6 to be totally against windmills...

throwerofways67 7 days ago | | |

I don't understand this reference... And this EO is like not as bad as it could be if you look at the laws others are proposing, right?

root-parent 7 days ago |

Related...

"Nasdaq tumbles 4% as shares in chip and memory groups sink" - https://www.ft.com/content/2929bbd3-1f71-4424-a577-f016c3c65...

"Nasdaq 100 Sinks 5% in AI-Led Rout as Yields Climb" - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-04/asian-sto...

"Sanders: Give public 50 percent stake in AI companies" - https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5906140-sanders-ai-own...

mullingitover 7 days ago | |

All the market news today is because a strong jobs report dropped, which shuts down any notion of rates going down. This of course seriously hampers casino operations.