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Senator Bernie Sanders is unleashing a radical new bill that would give the U.S. government a 50% stake in major AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic — not through taxes, but via a one-time stock transfer — to fund a sovereign wealth fund that would distribute direct payments to Americans. Framed as a moral reckoning over who owns the future of AI, Sanders argues the profits should benefit all of humanity, not just billionaires, drawing parallels to Norway’s oil fund and Alaska’s dividend program. He envisions the money guaranteeing healthcare, education, and housing as basic rights — and even notes some AI firms have floated similar ideas. While the plan faces steep political hurdles and could disrupt corporate funding, it’s sparking a crucial national debate: who gets to steer AI’s next chapter?

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