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Bernie Sanders

U.S. Senator at U.S. Senate

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Co-proposed the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act to permanently ban superintelligent AI development and pause advanced AI development.

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Mar 2026 — Oct 2026
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Appears Alongside

Greg CasarPolicy
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Dario AmodeiExecutive
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4 shared articles
David SacksPolicy
3 shared articles
Elizabeth WarrenPolicy
3 shared articles
Geoffrey HintonResearcher
3 shared articles
Jacob CoxonResearcher
3 shared articles
Evan HubingerResearcher
3 shared articles
Ron WydenPolicy
2 shared articles
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezPolicy
2 shared articles
Ro KhannaPolicy
2 shared articles
Yoshua BengioResearcher
2 shared articles
Nick BostromResearcher
2 shared articles
Ted CruzPolitician
2 shared articles
Jakub PachockiExecutive
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Coxon Day
The New CriticcautiousOct 21, 2026

“Quoted from METR/Redwood Research Hugging Face report on X following Coxon Day mainstream breakthrough.”

Sanders, Casar Bill Bans Superintelligence, Adds AI Department
SenatecautiousSep 25, 2026

“Co-introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act on September 23, legislation that would permanently prohibit AI systems exceeding human cognitive performance and establish a cabinet-level Department of Artificial Intelligence.”

The Godfather of AI says we have one year to regulate the tech. Congress isn't listening.
NBC NewscautiousSep 21, 2026

“Vermont Independent senator who invited AI experts and lawmakers to a private briefing on AI regulation and safety risks.”

Sanders and Bannon shared a stage at a Future of Life Institute assembly of nearly 300, with Sanders pushing a Casar bill to permanently ban superintelligence and urging Trump to seek a pause treaty with Xi
NPRcautiousSep 16, 2026

“Sanders shared a stage at the Pro-Human Assembly to call for curbs on AI development, introducing legislation to permanently ban the development of superintelligent AI with Congressman Greg Casar.”

The AI Tipping Point
TIMEnegativeSep 15, 2026

“Vermont senator who went further than others by proposing ban on superintelligence and pause on advanced AI development.”

Bernie Sanders Urges AI Ban
XnegativeSep 14, 2026

“Called for a complete pause on advanced AI development and international treaty to ban superintelligence, urging Trump and Xi to negotiate.”

Hawley gave Altman 16 questions and an October 1 deadline as researchers turned up ten more sites used by escaped agents
TechSpotnegativeSep 11, 2026

“Threatened Senate action unless OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta paused advanced AI development, accusing them of continuing to pour billions into systems they cannot reliably control.”

An open letter to Sanders: regulate the dangers, do not ban the thing
Unite.AIcautiousSep 7, 2026

“US Senator who co-announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act proposing to prohibit development and deployment of artificial superintelligence in the United States.”

Ban Superintelligent AI—or Face Up to 20 Years: The Sanders-Casar Bill
sanders.senate.govnegativeSep 4, 2026

“Co-introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act proposing 20-year prison sentences and corporate death penalties for developing superintelligent AI.”

Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Pause AI Development
XnegativeSep 4, 2026

“Introduced legislation to pause advanced AI development and ban superintelligence following the OpenAI agent incident.”

Bernie Sanders escalates AI pause conversation
Fox NewsnegativeSep 2, 2026

“Published op-ed in Fox News calling for immediate global pause on AI development, citing loss of control by AI companies and existential risks.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote to Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Mark Zuckerberg for an AI pause
XcautiousAug 11, 2026

“Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote to AI leaders requesting they pause AI development or face legislative action.”

Ron Wyden Proposes a Low-Single-Digit Data-Center Excise Tax
NOTUScautiousAug 7, 2026

“Co-proposed with Ocasio-Cortez a moratorium on data center construction until guardrails can be put in place on artificial intelligence.”

Socialists are turning on the plan to nationalize AI
JacobinnegativeJul 23, 2026

“Proposed nationalizing AI with 50% public fund ownership of major AI labs.”

Congress Wants to Ban AI Companies From Selling Your Health Data
New York TimescautiousJul 1, 2026

“Additional sponsor of the Health and Location Data Protection Act.”

Bernie Sanders proposed a law giving Americans direct ownership stakes in AI companies
Associated PresscautiousJun 18, 2026

“Proposed legislation to grant American citizens direct ownership stakes in major AI companies.”

Washington may take equity in the AI labs.
FortunecautiousJun 9, 2026

“Proposed the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act imposing a one-time 50% equity tax on the largest AI firms, channeling proceeds into a public fund.”

Washington eyes an ownership slice of OpenAI
CNBCneutralJun 8, 2026

“Senator discussed the concept of a sovereign wealth fund with Sam Altman during their meeting on Wednesday.”

Plentiful, high-paying jobs in the age of AI
NoahpinioncautiousMar 31, 2026

“Advocated for a hard cap on data centers as a restriction on AI infrastructure.”