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An Iowa basic income project gives low-income residents $500 a month. They say it helps them make rent and buy food.

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A basic income program in central Iowa says people mostly spend the $500 monthly payments on food.

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Conservatives are fighting guaranteed basic income programs using a surprising argument: They aren't universal

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Conservatives are arguing that basic income programs .

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AI 'godfather' Geoffrey Hinton says he's 'very worried' about AI taking jobs and has advised the British government to adopt a universal basic income

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Geoffrey Hinton believes the government needs to establish a universal basic income.

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OpenAI's Sam Altman has a new idea for a universal basic income

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman supports a riff on UBI he calls "universal basic compute."

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Google is co-funding a guaranteed basic income trial that gives families $12,000 a year to help keep them housed

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A rainbow over San Francisco Bay.

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Seattle gave low-income residents $500 monthly payments with no strings attached. Some got new housing and employment rates nearly doubled.

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A view of the Seattle skyline.

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Texas AG sues county over Houston-area guaranteed income program giving participants $500 a month no strings attached

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called Uplift Harris an "unlawful" program.

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A new Houston-area basic income program sending out $500 a month to residents with no strings attached had an acceptance rate lower than Harvard or Yale

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Uplift Harris recently selected nearly 2,000 participants out of over 82,000 applicants.

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Some people are being given thousands of dollars with no strings attached in universal basic income trials. They mostly spend the cash wisely.

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A universal basic income is paid to all, regardless of wealth or employment status.

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A Georgia basic income program is giving Black women $850 a month. They say it helps them pay bills and reduce debt.

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A guaranteed income program in Atlanta gives low-income Black women $850 monthly.

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