🏛️ Politics Jun 29, 2026 · Jacob Fulton

Artificial intelligence becomes ripe target for taxes

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Some progressives are floating various plans to spread the wealth of the AI boom in the run-up to the midterm elections this fall, with proposals ranging from taxes on AI tokens to an excise tax on the energy used by data centers. But other stakeholders are urging a more cautious approach, and artificial intelligence companies themselves are seeking to weigh in.



Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., proposed an excise tax on data center energy usage in a Time op-ed column last month, wher

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