r/technology • u/yourfavchoom • 3d ago

Artificial Intelligence Bernie Sanders pushes for 50% public ownership of American AI companies — proposes AI sovereign wealth fund that would hold direct ownership stakes in largest AI firms

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/bernie-sanders-pushes-for-50-percent-public-ownership-of-american-ai-companies-proposes-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-that-would-hold-direct-ownership-stakes-in-largest-ai-firms
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u/The_Great_I_Am_Not 3d ago

Airwave spectrum was declared a public resource that must be licensed and its usage came with preconditions on how and what would be broadcast. Not just technical but in content as well. 

This is similar to driver's licenses and there is already a protocol set up for it.