Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Americans struggle with the high cost of living, an old idea is getting a fresh look. In dozens of pilot programs around the ...

The brave new world of artificial intelligence is at our doorstep. The technology promises to revolutionize the workplace. However, some fear that AI will create mass unemployment. OpenAI CEO Sam ...

Dec. 9—For people who may not be fully familiar with the idea, what is basic income, or universal basic income? A key thing to know in advance before I give you the definition is that what we've been ...

In its nearly two decades of operation, GiveDirectly, the direct cash payment charity started by MIT and Harvard graduate students, has delivered more than $800 million to more than 1.6 million people ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Story from The Conversation by Tarah Williams, assistant professor of political science at Allegheny College, and Andrew Bloeser, associate professor of political science and ...

A hot potato: It's been posited that Universal Basic Income (UBI) could be the best, or perhaps only, way to address the problem of AI-driven job losses. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed a three-year ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made no secret of his robot-powered fantasies for the future. Within the next couple of decades, work will be optional because of the widespread proliferation of AI and ...

Racial prejudice continues to fuel opposition to universal basic income, as well as other forms of social welfare.