{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64c1fb4a8e16bd00116ffd75/6a4721a104fac73b247fdb9f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Did Sam Altman Just Give US 5% of OpenAI PLUS Competitor Firms?!","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64c1fb4a8e16bd00116ffd75/1783046505303-383dce0d-7ef0-4dbb-b197-7bc2cc72a4f6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Sam Altman is reportedly offering 5% equity stakes in OpenAI AND in Google, Anthropic, Meta, and others to the US government as part of a sovereign wealth fund, without apparently asking any of those other companies first. The twist is that Altman doesn't actually own any equity in OpenAI himself, which makes the gesture either brilliant political theater or a promise he can't remotely deliver.</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Altman's $42B Government Offer</p><p>01:30 Equity He Doesn't Own</p><p>02:45 Intel's 10% Lesson</p><p>04:00 Government Owning Private Companies</p><p>05:20 Fable 5 Export Ban Lifted</p><p>06:30 Anthropic's DoD Ban Continues</p><p>07:00 Nadella Turns on Frontier Labs</p><p>07:45 DeepSeek's Stolen Advantage</p><p>09:15 Anthropic Targets Copilot</p><p><br></p><p>IF YOU LIKED THIS, WATCH:</p><p>→ China's Alibaba Launches Worst Ever Distillation Attacks on Anthropic: https://youtu.be/gG-i6PndhbA</p><p>→ Pentagon's Anthropic Ban is Falling Apart, Here's Why Microsoft Stepped In: https://youtu.be/u-Wm1uXi5KE</p><p>→ Pentagon Bans Anthropic, AI Agent Leaks, and China's Export Attacks: https://youtu.be/9lIMMjk_vHg</p><p>→ SpaceX Just Pulled Off the Most Dangerous IPO Trick Ever: https://youtu.be/zQuGPAJKQiE</p><p><br></p><p>SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p><p>Sam Altman's AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Proposal</p><p>• Sam Altman's Plan to Give the US Government a Stake in OpenAI: https://www.ft.com/content/7c803eab-8e80-4431-9a87-e943bf00e00b</p><p>• How Sam Altman's 400 Personal Investments Circle Back to OpenAI: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/see-how-sam-altmans-personal-investments-benefit-from-ties-to-openai-9fcb24c9?mod=hp_lead_pos2</p><p>• JD Vance's Case for the White House Owning a Piece of Every AI Company: https://www.threads.com/@surmountinvest/post/DZz25PFk5DO/media?xmt=AQG0aY4WPLFbfrJeoK6hLL9ObZ0yBJp0F-nQgFxx6-DLf4b0cb_dK00F1TQnO2qVxefjLEgq</p><p><br></p><p>Intel Shareholder Governance and Government Equity Stakes</p><p>• Intel Shareholder Lawsuit Challenges the Government's 10% Equity Deal: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-lawsuit-puts-government-stake-010936589.html</p><p><br></p><p>Anthropic's Export Control Battle and Fable 5 Clearance</p><p>• How Anthropic Won Back the Trump Administration With a New Security Guardrail: https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-added-a-new-security-measure-to-get-back-into-the-trump-administrations-good-graces/</p><p>• Why Restricting Fable 5 Hurts US Cyber Defense More Than It Helps: https://www.lutasecurity.com/post/the-fable-5-export-controls-harm-us-cyber-defense</p><p><br></p><p>DeepSeek, Microsoft, and the AI Competitive Landscape</p><p>• Why Satya Nadella Doesn't Want AI Giants to Swallow the Economy: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-satya-nadella-we-cant-let-ai-giants-eat-the-economy-b9d33b9f?mod=hp_lead_pos1</p><p>• OpenAI's Formal Accusation That DeepSeek Distilled US AI Models: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-12/openai-accuses-deepseek-of-distilling-us-models-to-gain-an-edge</p><p>• How Anthropic Is Detecting and Shutting Down Distillation Attacks: https://www.anthropic.com/news/detecting-and-preventing-distillation-attacks</p><p>• Anthropic's Plan to Challenge Microsoft Copilot Inside Teams: https://thein.fo/4415kK5</p>","author_name":"Neeta Bidwai"}