SMRTR TechApr 7, 2026BetaNews

OpenAI proposes robot taxes and 4-day workweek as AI threatens jobs

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OpenAI released a comprehensive policy framework proposing major economic reforms as artificial intelligence threatens widespread job displacement across industries. The company recommends governments implement robot taxes on automated labor, establish public wealth funds distributing AI profits to citizens, and incentivize four-day workweeks without pay cuts to address potential mass unemployment from increasingly capable AI systems.

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