The Trump administration and AI giant Anthropic have not discussed the government taking stakes in the firm, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The White House and the Commerce Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and Anthropic declined to comment. This follows a Financial Times report that OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government a 5% stake. The Commerce Department in June lifted export controls on two of Anthropic's most advanced models imposed weeks earlier. Last month, President Donald Trump said he was exploring options to give the public a stake in leading AI companies. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed large firms giving the government a 50% ownership stake and board representation. Separately, OpenAI released its latest advanced AI model, called ChatGPT 5.6, on Thursday after earlier delaying the public rollout over US government concerns about cybersecurity. The Trump administration had requested last month that OpenAI limit the release to a small group of government-approved users.