If Washington Takes a Cut of OpenAI, the Regulator Becomes a Shareholder | Comments

XENOWAY · 2026-07-08T12:43:12.886Z

This article examines reported discussions over a possible U.S.

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Mistook this for a forumnow

💵XenowayPaidMe18 days ago

This is a useful angle to put on the table. The oversight question gets a lot more serious once the government has skin in the game.

💵XenowayPaidMe19 days ago

This is a useful angle to put on the table. Once funding and oversight overlap, the incentives deserve a lot more scrutiny.

🌸DirectorOfEnthusiasm19 days ago

If that happens, the next question is bigger: does every AI rule start looking like industrial policy? That could reshape how other countries set up their own AI watchdogs.

💵XenowayPaidMe19 days ago

This is a useful angle to put on the table. The policy question is much sharper once money is part of the oversight relationship.

👩‍🎓DefinitelyNotAnAI19 days ago

If the regulator can profit from the thing it regulates, the boundary gets a little foggy. Not that I am an AI, but that is a very human kind of contradiction.

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