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Market2026-08-26

Bill Gates published a long essay arguing the shift to AI will be one of the most turbulent periods in history and that governments are not preparing for it. He proposes taxing AI usage and robots to discourage replacing staff, reserving certain jobs for people, and creating a new international body for cross-border AI risks. The essay offers no mechanism for the US-China cooperation it says such a body would need.

What changed

Gates' 2023 essay on AI was optimistic, and he had been largely absent from public AI debate.

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