A briefing on the Vatican’s AI warning, Elizabeth Warren’s AI tax proposal, Canada’s encryption fight, Costa Rica’s biometric data dispute, Pinsent Mason in trouble, and Meta’s DMA gatekeeper case
These companies will probably argue that the tax is discriminatory, vague, anti innovation, or unfairly targets one sector of the economy. That may actually be true. A lawsuit would force the government to explain exactly what they are taxing. Is it profits, automation, energy use, data extraction, or labour displacement? Some of these are already taxed. Let’s see how it goes.
It would be interesting to see AI companies file lawsuits to resist tax laws against their companies.
These companies will probably argue that the tax is discriminatory, vague, anti innovation, or unfairly targets one sector of the economy. That may actually be true. A lawsuit would force the government to explain exactly what they are taxing. Is it profits, automation, energy use, data extraction, or labour displacement? Some of these are already taxed. Let’s see how it goes.