Bill Gates proposes a token tax on AI to protect human workers
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A ‘token tax’ concept from Bill Gates puts a concrete lever on the table for tying AI usage to labor protections and redistribution. Even if it never lands as proposed, enterprises should expect more serious attempts to meter AI consumption fiscally—usage telemetry and cost attribution will become regulatory as well as financial plumbing.
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