Pentagon CTO says Trump admin shouldn't take stakes in ...

Emil Michael, the Pentagon's chief technology officer, said the U.S. He said that doing so "doesn't really go well in terms of nationalization." The article's title frames the position as advice to the Trump administration against taking such stakes. The excerpt does not name the company or companies the question concerned.

Michael also repeatedly signaled opposition to ramping up government regulatory oversight of those companies, according to the article. At the same time, he said it would be dangerous to place all trust in the hands of a few AI chiefs. The excerpt does not name the executives or companies he was referring to. It also does not identify the interview, event or setting in which he made the remarks.

The excerpt does not state which AI companies might be affected by government equity stakes, or which proposals or transactions prompted the question. It does not say whether Michael's position reflects the Trump administration's policy or his own view. No other official, agency, bill or pending deal is named in the excerpt as sharing, disputing or prompting that position. The remarks place a Pentagon official on the record against both government ownership of AI companies and expanded regulatory oversight of them, while also warning against concentrating trust in a few AI leaders. The excerpt does not provide the reasoning behind that warning, or name the AI chiefs it refers to.