Bill Gates says taxing billionaires will be necessary to address inequality in the AI era

FinanceInternationalFortuneNov 6, 2026, 11:01 AMAI summary

Bill Gates said in an interview with the Financial Times that responsibility for addressing inequality rests with governments and that philanthropy, being voluntary, cannot be the safety net. According to Gates, in an AI world tax systems will have to change, including the ability to tax billionaires. He also proposed taxing robots and AI tokens, an idea Nvidia's Jensen Huang said he does not share.

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Gates: responsibility for inequality "always" rests with governments, not voluntary philanthropy
He argues that in the AI era tax systems will need changes to tax large fortunes and billionaires
He proposes taxing robots and AI tokens because the current system favors replacing people with machines

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