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Donald Trump says US may take equity stakes in AI companies

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

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.

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?

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?

"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...

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?

Trump has a history of complaining about windmills that appears to originate with Scotland building wind turbines next to his golf course.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo

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...

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.

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