OpenAI reportedly wants all AI companies to give the US government a stake in their businesses

OpenAI and Sam Altman are reportedly proposing that leading AI companies grant the US government a five percent equity stake. According to the Financial Times, this idea is being discussed with officials from the Trump administration. The proposal suggests that all major AI companies should provide this stake to US sovereign funds, ensuring government involvement in the business structures of the most prominent entities operating within the artificial intelligence sector across the United States.