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Sen. Bernie Sanders Unveils Bill to Ban Artificial Superintelligence and Create Department of AI

The measure would impose federal approval for advanced AI deployment and carry penalties of up to 20 years in prison.

  • On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar unveiled legislation to ban artificial superintelligence and establish a new Department of Artificial Intelligence to oversee advanced AI development.
  • The proposed legislation defines artificial superintelligence as systems exceeding human cognitive ability, mandating a pause on advanced development until the Department establishes federal safety rules.
  • Supporting the bill, OpenAI researcher Juan Felipe Cerón Uribe warned that "superintelligence could either go extremely right or extremely wrong," while Google DeepMind engineer Swante Scholz endorsed the measure.
  • Despite expert endorsements, the bill faces long odds in the Republican-controlled Congress, where Sanders argued President Donald Trump has "very little understanding of what this issue is about."
  • Public concern about AI's environmental impact has risen to 53% from 41% last year, positioning the technology as a central issue for the 2028 presidential campaign.
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BERNIE Sanders proposes to ban artificial superintelligence and create an AI ministry to protect humanity from losing control.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI

Washington (AP) — Two leading progressive lawmakers, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar, are unveiling legislation Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal agency to oversee advanced AI as some of the industry’s own leaders urge Congress to impose guardrails on the advancing technology.

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Two prominent progressive US lawmakers, Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Greg Casar, introduced a bill on Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and establish a federal agency tasked with overseeing advanced artificial intelligence systems, at a time when some leaders in the AI industry are calling on Congress to introduce stricter rules for this […]

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Durango Herald broke the news on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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