PR Newswire
The AI Pledge for Humanity, a public commitment to turn AI’s gains into a shared AI dividend, an unconditional income floor for everyone, has surpassed 1,000 signers in more than 50 countries.
The milestone comes as universal basic income (UBI) moves to the center of the AI debate. On Oct. 18, Anthropic announced plans to give 5% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund that may make “direct distributions to specific populations.” In June, its CEO, Dario Amodei, urged policymakers to consider “mechanisms such as universal basic income.” In April, OpenAI proposed a public wealth fund that would pay its returns directly to citizens. On Oct. 12, The New York Times asked whether basic income is the answer to AI-driven job losses.
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