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Universal basic income, the utopian idea resurging in Silicon Valley

Le Monde (English) · Jun 14, 2026, 7:00 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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As artificial intelligence threatens to wipe out jobs, the idea of a basic income paid to everyone without conditions is resurfacing. But do tech CEOs share the same motivations as the philosophers and economists who championed it?

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