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April 6, 2026

OpenAI calls for robot taxes, a public wealth fund, and a four-day week

Sam Altman’s 13-page policy blueprint, ‘Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age,’ proposes auto-triggering safety nets, containment playbooks for rogue AI, and direct citizen dividends from AI-driven growth. He told Axios it is a starting point, not a prescription.

OpenAI calls for robot taxes, a public wealth fund, and a four-day week

TL;DR

  • OpenAI proposes sweeping economic reforms to prepare for superintelligence.
  • Key proposals include taxes on automated labor and a national public wealth fund.
  • The fund would be seeded partly by AI companies and distribute returns to citizens.
  • A shift in taxation from payroll to capital gains and corporate income is suggested.
  • Pilots of a 32-hour working week are proposed as an 'efficiency dividend'.
  • The document includes 'containment playbooks' for autonomous and dangerous AI systems.
  • Automatic safety net triggers for AI-driven job displacement are envisioned.
  • CEO Sam Altman compares the scale of AI change to the Progressive Era and New Deal.
  • Altman warns of immediate dangers from cyberattacks and AI-enabled biological weapons.

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