Bernie Sanders AI ownership proposal underscores debate over who benefits from AI wealth

According to CNBC, Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal that the public should own half of artificial intelligence is unlikely to become policy soon, but it has intensified debate over how Americans should share in AI-generated economic gains. Recent survey work cited in the article found that a majority of U.S. workers want corporations held more accountable through an AI sovereign wealth fund, while an Emerson College poll released this week showed 27% of Americans support data centers in or near their community and 63% oppose them. The report also said OpenAI has discussed, in unconfirmed reports, offering the government a 5% equity stake ahead of a planned IPO, and Jeff Bezos told CNBC that the best way to level the economic playing field is to eliminate federal income taxes for the bottom half of U.S. earners.