
Sanders and Casar Propose Bill to Ban Development of 'Superintelligence' AI
The legislation would criminalize efforts to build AI systems capable of overthrowing government or disempowering humanity, the bill's sponsors say.

The legislation would criminalize efforts to build AI systems capable of overthrowing government or disempowering humanity, the bill's sponsors say.
The commentary argues incentives would work better than the senator's proposed overtime mandate to reshape the workweek.

A former Anthropic researcher's warning about existential AI risk drew Senator Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to the same Washington event, but a Guardian tech reporter argues the alarm may distract from harms AI is already causing.

Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders and conservative strategist Steve Bannon are set to appear together at a Washington event urging Congress to act faster on artificial intelligence oversight.

The Vermont senator warned at a Washington conference that current AI is "the least capable version" that will ever exist.

At a Washington conference on September 15, the left-wing senator and nationalist-populist commentator called for slowing down and regulating AI development, though they disagreed on how to achieve it.

US Senator Bernie Sanders and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, on opposite ends of the political spectrum, have both raised concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence, according to Al Jazeera.