In a July 09, 2026 edition of The Straits Times, an article by Gautam Mukunda reports that Sam Altman offered the US government a 5 per cent stake in OpenAI, valued at US$42.6 billion, as a way for Americans to share in artificial intelligence’s bounty. The article warns the Trump administration against accepting, comparing the offer to the Trojan horse from Christopher Nolan’s new movie *The Odyssey*. It argues that the offer raises the risk of regulatory capture, a concept described in a 1971 paper by economist George Stigler, where regulation tends to be acquired by the industry it governs and operated for that industry’s benefit, especially when regulations were requested by the industry.