Trump blindsided some AI companies with government equity talk
EXCLUSIVE — President Donald Trump‘s claim that he’s speaking to the major American artificial intelligence companies about creating a “partnership” with the federal government caught some of the leading firms by surprise, four people familiar tell the Washington Examiner. On Friday, Trump told reporters that he’d spoken to AI executives about making the American public “rich” by potentially having the government take an equity stake in the companies or exploring some type of public dividend. Last year, the Trump administration negotiated a deal to take a 10% equity stake in Intel, making the federal government the company’s single largest shareholder.
- ▪EXCLUSIVE — President Donald Trump‘s claim that he’s speaking to the major American artificial intelligence companies about creating a “partnership” with the federal government caught some of the leading firms by surprise, four people famil
- ▪On Friday, Trump told reporters that he’d spoken to AI executives about making the American public “rich” by potentially having the government take an equity stake in the companies or exploring some type of public dividend.
- ▪Last year, the Trump administration negotiated a deal to take a 10% equity stake in Intel, making the federal government the company’s single largest shareholder.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 32 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Trump Muses About Government Taking a Piece of A.I. Companies — NYT > Top Stories
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EXCLUSIVE — President Donald Trump‘s claim that he’s speaking to the major American artificial intelligence companies about creating a “partnership” with the federal government caught some of the leading firms by surprise, four people familiar tell the Washington Examiner. On Friday, Trump told reporters that he’d spoken to AI executives about making the American public “rich” by potentially having the government take an equity stake in the companies or exploring some type of public dividend. Last year, the Trump administration negotiated a deal to take a 10% equity stake in Intel, making the federal government the company’s single largest shareholder.
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