AI Riches for All? New Plans to Share the Wealth

The financial rewards from artificial intelligence are piling up—but only for a few big tech companies. As AI reshapes the economy, a growing number of economists and policymakers are pushing ideas to spread those profits to every American. Some proposals are simple, like a tax on AI-driven profits that funds a universal basic income. Others are more radical, such as creating a national “AI dividend” that would give each citizen a direct cash payment. The core question is the same: How can a technology built by a few benefit the many? While no plan is close to becoming law, the debate is shifting from whether to share AI wealth to how best to do it.