OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meets with White House and Sen. Sanders on AI policy and sovereign wealth fund proposal

Jun 3, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is meeting with White House officials and lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss AI policy. The talks follow a new executive order from President Trump. Sanders is proposing a sovereign wealth fund financed by AI company equity, while OpenAI is pushing a state-level regulation strategy amid concerns over powerful new models and potential "recursive self-improvement."

Altman meetings on AI policy

▪Sam Altman is also planning to attend the G7 summit this month.
▪OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is scheduled to meet with White House officials and lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss AI policy.
▪Sam Altman's meetings include Sen. Bernie Sanders, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
▪House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to discuss a potential bipartisan bill for regulating AI companies with Sam Altman.

Sanders sovereign wealth fund proposal

▪Sen. Bernie Sanders is meeting with Sam Altman to discuss a proposal to use half the equity from AI frontier labs to fund a U.S. sovereign wealth fund.
▪Sen. Bernie Sanders has also flagged the concern of a "runaway AI model that threatens all humanity."

State-level AI regulation strategy

▪According to people familiar with the matter, OpenAI has been preparing its own policy framework.
▪OpenAI is pushing a state-level regulation strategy to create a de facto national regulatory framework through uniform legislation in key states.

Anthropic Mythos model concerns

▪Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, which has advanced cybersecurity capabilities, has caused concern among policymakers and in the tech industry.
▪Policymakers are worried about AI labs approaching "recursive self-improvement," where models are capable of improving themselves.
▪Critics have described AI development as the "most dangerous arms race in history," warning of serious financial and geopolitical risks.
▪Anthropic is deliberately delaying the release of its Mythos model to give stakeholders time to adjust to its capabilities.

Trump AI executive order

▪The executive order asks AI companies to give 30 days’ notice before releasing new, powerful models.
▪President Donald Trump's recent executive order on AI establishes a voluntary framework to evaluate the national security risk of advanced models.
▪President Trump's order was issued one week after he canceled a stricter version, which he believed would weaken the U.S. in its competition with China.