https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/an-overwhelming-percent-of-americans-now-want-to-pause-ai-and-tax-billionairesContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/an-overwhelming-percent-of-americans-now-want-to-pause-ai-and-tax-billionaireshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/an-overwhelming-percent-of-americans-now-want-to-pause-ai-and-tax-billionaires#u108218Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:20:18 +0000Polling indicates that a growing majority of US adults support a pause on artificial intelligence and demand immediate government regulation. Wall Street Journal polling shows that 63 percent of US adults back an AI pause, while 57 percent want the federal government to regulate the technology immediately. Public dissatisfaction links the rise of artificial intelligence to extreme wealth concentration and job destruction as the midterm elections approach in November. Meanwhile, prominent figures like Bill Gates support taxing the technology to address these economic and social impacts.Why it m