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19 August 2026

Andrew Yang proposes $15k annual payments for AI data use

  • Yang, a former U.S. presidential candidate, called for $15,000 yearly payments to families.
  • The proposed payments would compensate people whose public data AI companies used to train models.
  • Yang frames the payments as a way to distribute wealth generated by AI development.

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The Rundown AIRowan Cheung

Former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang proposed an annual $15,000 per family payment to compensate for AI giants generating wealth by building upon public data.