US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he expects top artificial intelligence companies to agree to "giving back" to the ‌public, an ⁠apparent reference ⁠to a possible government stake in the firms.

"I'm going ​to have meetings with the top 12 or 15 executives very ​shortly, and we're talking about giving back something to the public, and if we do that, ​the public will become very rich," ⁠Trump told ‌reporters in the White House's ​Oval ​Office. "I think they'll do that, and I ⁠think it'll make it very popular."

Concern is ​growing among Americans about AI negatively ​impacting their lives. Half of Americans fear that the rise of AI could put them or someone in their household out of work, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday. AI companies ‌Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A ​Trump spokesperson ​did not immediately ⁠respond to a request for more details about the president meeting with AI executives.


OpenAI is targeting a valuation ​of up to $1 trillion, Reuters previously reported. An agreement to give the US government equity stakes could have a massive impact on the US government's finances.