Musk Pledges One SpaceX Share to Every US Child; Anthropic Pledges 5% of Its Shares
Photo: SemaforSpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday on X that next year he will give one SpaceX share to every child in the US, without explaining how it would work. A share was worth nearly $150 on Tuesday morning, which for about 72 million children under 18 comes to roughly $10.8 billion, under 2% of Musk's nearly $1 trillion net worth. President Trump thanked Musk the same day and said the stock would come through Trump Accounts, which promise $1,000 government-funded investment accounts for children born from 2025 to 2028; he also gave no details. A day earlier, Anthropic said it would put at least 5% of its shares into a public-benefit fund, and reports say OpenAI discussed offering a similar stake to the US government.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing; left-leaning and alternative outlets had. Mother Jones, on the left, focuses on the cost arithmetic, the Trump Accounts link and falling public sentiment on AI. Semafor frames the pledges as AI leaders courting a skeptical public, citing Bloomberg's Matt Levine, while the Christian Science Monitor places Musk's pledge alongside his political spending, with historian David Nasaw.
How the sides differ Left sources stress the pledge's cost and Trump link; alternative sources stress AI firms courting a skeptical public and Musk's political spending; right sources have not covered it.
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Mother Jones leads with the pledge's math, its resemblance to Trump Accounts and Trump's thanks, and presents it as a response to souring public sentiment about AI.
Semafor presents the pledge as part of AI companies' effort to win over a skeptical public, quoting Bloomberg's Matt Levine. The Christian Science Monitor ties it to Musk's campaign spending, citing a historian.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.