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Re:OpenAI: In early talks to give 5% stake to US Government by cucumber3732842 on Thursday July 02, 2026 @08:36AM (#48760530)
What's your basis for conflating government ownership with public benefit?

Seems to me like it creates a lot of perverse incentives.

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Re:OpenAI: In early talks to give 5% stake to US Government by reverius42 on Friday July 03, 2026 @01:30AM (#48771163)
I agree, I think we should go back to the old system of letting them be fully private and just taxing their gains heavily to pay for the public debts/needs.
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