"Taxing AI directly ties the solution directly to the problem," wrote Rep. Greg Casar. "If AI use grows quickly, driving layoffs alongside it, the revenue from an AI tax would go up too."

"Taxing AI is one way we make sure the winnings from AI benefit all Americans, rather than channeling them only to the wealthy few," writes Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Tech leaders are proposing AI dividends and token taxes to head off more-radical ideas.