President Donald Trump said in a TIME interview that he might take US government equity stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic, while rejecting nationalization of the AI companies. Asked about taking 10% stakes modeled on the government's Intel deal, he replied: “I might. Maybe I could do that.”
Trump said the Intel stake had made the government about $60 billion. OpenAI reportedly offered Washington a 5% stake in July, while Anthropic and the administration have denied discussing a stake in that company.
Asked what guardrails would apply if leading AI labs did bad things, Trump said: “I have a DOJ, I have an FBI.” AI researcher Gary Marcus challenged the prospect of government ownership, writing: “no way will this government properly police companies that it has a 10% equity stake in.”
Key sources
- SOURCE@ns123abc“Trump REJECTS nationalizing OpenAI and Anthropic but says the US government might take an Intel-style 10% equity stake”x.com
- SUPPORT@garymarcus“no way will this government properly police companies that it has a 10% equity stake in”x.com
- SOURCE@viacristiano“Trump says Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's views are "much different ... than what is portrayed in the media," adding that he "understands."”x.com
- SUPPORT@choblin29“Trump rejected nationalizing frontier labs, but when TIME asked why the U.S. shouldn't take stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic like it did with Intel, he said: “I might. Maybe I could do that.””x.com
- SUPPORT@marionawfal“After meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Trump warned him that regulation could potentially “put you out of business.””x.com
- SUPPORT@rohanpaul_ai“Trump also said Amodei's views differed from media portrayals, but warned that companies seeking regulation risk being put out of business.”x.com
- SUPPORT@jmichaelwaller“Anthropic chief DARIO just walked up and said President Trump helped put his Super Intelligence worries at ease "If we do this right, we work with the President and everyone here, we can win safely!"”x.com
- SUPPORT@edludlow“Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and President Trump held a rare private meeting Sunday night”x.com