Wall Street Giants, Sovereign Wealth Fund Back Canton Network Creator in $355M Round
Canton Network creator Digital Asset secured $355 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz alongside an array of other backers.
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Even some of the tech labs seem to agree that society as a whole should benefit from advances
Read full articleCanton Network creator Digital Asset secured $355 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz alongside an array of other backers.
While we do not outright oppose the taking of AI company stock, or of a US a sovereign wealth fund, there are better ways to achieve the senator’s goals Let no one accuse Bernie Sanders of ducking the big questions. Writing in the New York Times last week, the senator asked: “Will the future of humanity be determined by a handful of billionaires who have promoted and developed AI, with virtually no democratic input, who stand to become even richer and more powerful than they are today?” We agree entirely that this is one of the most potent questions facing global democracy today. Our book, Rewiring Democracy, surveys the emerging uses for and impacts of AI in democracy around the world and reaches the same conclusion: that the most urgent risk posed by AI is the concentration of power, wealth and control among tech oligarchs. Continue reading...
A US government equity stake in OpenAI could democratize AI benefits, akin to a sovereign wealth fund, impacting future economic distribution. The post OpenAI and White House discuss potential US government equity stake appeared first on Crypto Briefing.