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Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI

Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn't heard before.

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Russell Brandom26 Aug 2026, 02:37 pmUpdated 1h ago1 min readTechGlobal

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Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI

Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn't heard before.

This report is published with credit to TechCrunch. The wire sent a summary; open the original for any extra context. Read on TechCrunch →

Source: TechCrunch · Russell Brandom. Published 26 Aug 2026, 02:37 pm.

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