OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter. 据《金融时报》周四援引两位知情人士的消息报道，OpenAI 首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）提议将公司 5% 的股权捐赠给美国主权财富基金。
Under the proposal, other AI companies would donate similar stakes, although significant questions remain about the specifics. 根据该提议，其他人工智能公司也将捐赠类似的股份，尽管关于具体细节仍存在重大疑问。
According to the FT’s reporting, the donation would be meant to “secure good relations with the administration and … address political blowback.” 据《金融时报》报道，此举旨在“与政府建立良好关系，并……应对政治反弹”。
Similar discussions were reported by CNBC in June and were subsequently confirmed by President Trump, who said he had discussed “concepts where pieces could be given to the American public, where the American public essentially becomes a partner with the companies.” CNBC 在六月份也报道过类似的讨论，随后特朗普总统证实了这一点。他表示，他曾讨论过“将部分股权给予美国公众的构想，让美国公众本质上成为这些公司的合作伙伴”。
At the time, no specific size for the proposed equity stake was given. The talks remain preliminary and, per the FT, it’s likely that any formal action would require congressional approval, which would significantly complicate the matter. 当时，并未给出拟议股权的具体比例。据《金融时报》称，这些谈判仍处于初步阶段，任何正式行动都可能需要国会批准，这将使问题变得非常复杂。
The idea of a public AI fund has also been publicly discussed by Altman, and OpenAI has grown increasingly specific in its proposals for how such a fund could be structured. 奥特曼也曾公开讨论过公共人工智能基金的想法，OpenAI 在如何构建此类基金的提案上也变得越来越具体。
Most recently, a policy paper titled “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age,” released by OpenAI in April, proposed a public wealth fund that could invest directly in AI labs and companies deploying their technology. 最近，OpenAI 在四月份发布了一份题为《智能时代的产业政策》（Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age）的政策文件，提议设立一个公共财富基金，直接投资于人工智能实验室和部署相关技术的公司。
“Returns from the Fund could be distributed directly to citizens, allowing more people to participate directly in the upside of AI-driven growth, regardless of their starting wealth or access to capital,” the document reads. 该文件写道：“基金的收益可以直接分配给公民，让更多人能够直接参与人工智能驱动的增长红利，而不受其初始财富或资本获取能力的限制。”
A more aggressive version of the policy was proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in June, calling for a one-time 50% tax on AI company stock, with the collected shares being deposited into a public wealth fund. 佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）在六月份提出了该政策的一个更激进版本，要求对人工智能公司股票征收一次性 50% 的税，并将收取的股份存入公共财富基金。
The bill, called the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, would apply to all “systemically important” AI companies, including those dealing with data centers, infrastructure, or robotics. 这项名为《美国人工智能主权财富基金法案》（American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act）的法案将适用于所有“具有系统重要性”的人工智能公司，包括涉及数据中心、基础设施或机器人技术的公司。
Under the proposal, companies like Google and SpaceX that include AI as only part of their business would be allowed to spin off non-AI portions of the company to avoid taxation. The bill has yet to advance to committee. 根据该提议，像谷歌和 SpaceX 这样仅将人工智能作为业务一部分的公司，将被允许剥离非人工智能业务部门以避免征税。该法案目前尚未提交至委员会审议。