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OpenAI Proposed Equity Stake for Government AI Fund
OpenAI offered last year to transfer equity to a proposed government fund modeled on the Alaska Permanent Fund. The plan would distribute returns directly to citizens through a Public Wealth Fund structure.
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OpenAI proposed transferring equity in the company to a government-managed fund that would distribute returns directly to citizens, according to a person familiar with the talks. The proposal combined elements of the Alaska Permanent Fund and Trump Accounts. OpenAI outlined one version of the concept in April, describing a Public Wealth Fund of donated equity.
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, met with OpenAI last week and has endorsed a similar proposal. NOTUS first reported the offer. The president told reporters Friday the administration might discuss the idea with major AI firms this week. "The American people can benefit from the success of AI, and by doing that, they're going to like it better," the president said.
It remains unclear when any meeting would occur or which companies would participate.
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