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Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon unite to demand AI curbs as Trump dismisses risk as a "hoax"

Political opposites shared a stage at the Future of Life Institute's "Pro-Human Assembly," while Trump called AI-doom warnings a hoax and phoned Nvidia's Jensen Huang to say so.

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What to know

  • Sanders and Bannon, longtime political enemies, shared a stage at the Future of Life Institute's "Pro-Human Assembly" to demand human control over AI development.
  • The alliance coincides with two bipartisan Senate AI-safety bills — Cruz-Thune-Klobuchar and Blumenthal-Hawley — just weeks before the midterms.
  • Trump remains the main obstacle to legislative action, dismissing AI-risk warnings as a "hoax" and calling concerned critics traitors, even as Sanders' Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act moves toward introduction.
  • Online reaction is split between support for cross-partisan AI regulation and suspicion that Bannon's involvement is self-interested or politically inconsistent.

The dispute Whether the Sanders-Bannon alliance reflects genuine shared concern about AI risk or is a cynical, self-interested move by Bannon. · positions read across 82 posts and comments

some voices

Bannon's participation is self-interested opportunism, not genuine concern for AI safety.

  • “It probably suggests Bannon is scared of what AI could do to threaten him and his operation. Bannon is in operation for himself. The fact that he's pushing for this just means it helps Bannon in some way.”

    teamdiabetes11 · Reddit ↗
some voices

AI's dangers are not inevitable and can be resisted through collective refusal and regulation, unlike Bannon/Sanders' nuclear-weapon comparison.

  • “AI is only inevitable if we let be. We can collectively opt out. ... AI isn't more dangerous than nukes. A data center without electricity is a bunch of useless electronics.”

    mountainsound89 · Reddit ↗
some voices

Trump's dismissal of AI risk shows he is out of touch with the concern.

  • “Pretty telling how truly out of touch Trump is screaming like and absolute lunatic from the other side.”

    Fit-Upstairs-5363 · Reddit ↗

Bernie SandersBernie Sanders Independent Senator from VermontSteve BannonSteve Bannon MAGA strategist, former Trump adviserDonald TrumpDonald Trump President of the United StatesJacob Coxon Former Anthropic researcherJensen HuangJensen Huang Nvidia CEO

Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon unite to demand AI curbs as Trump dismisses risk as a "hoax"
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  1. 6

    Coverage frames Sanders-Bannon alliance as reshaping AI politics

    Outlets including The Atlantic, NYT, Guardian, CBS and Al Jazeera characterized the pairing as part of a wider bipartisan realignment on AI, alongside separate Senate bills from Cruz-Thune-Klobuchar and Blumenthal-Hawley, just weeks before the midterms.

    “If the lives of every man, woman, and child are going to be fundamentally changed by this technology, then the people of this country must make the decisions about AI, and not just a handful of oligarchs…”
    — Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator · source
    • detroitrudyowens.bsky.social

      Once again, Steve Inskeep and @npr.org gave a platform to a man who said publicly that Dr. Fauci's head should be cut off and put on a pike and who does N*zi sieg heil salutes in public. Why is the network elevating a many who has openly promoted a symbol of genocide?

      detroitrudyowens.bsky.socialBluesky7d ago1▲view on Bluesky ↗
    1 more of the top 2 · 2 posts in this stretch
    • memeorandum@universeodon.com

      The Only Thing Capable of Uniting Bernie and Bannon (Toluse Olorunnipa/The Atlantic) https://www. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/ 09/steve-bannon-bernie-sanders-ai-oligarch/688642/ http://www. memeorandum.com/260916/p1#a260 916p1

      memeorandum@universeodon.comMastodon7d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  2. 5

    Trump dismisses AI-risk warnings as a hoax, calls critics traitors

    Trump made a surprise call to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at an AI industry summit in Los Angeles insisting AI would not take over the world, and separately posted online branding concerned critics as conspiracy theorists and traitors.

    “The robots are not going to be taking over the world. That's not going to happen.”
    — Donald Trump
    1. 17 outlets AI skeptics from Bernie Sanders to Steve Bannon urge action, as Congress, Trump idle

      first by CNBC, 8d ago · also Daring Fireball, CNN, The Canberra Times, NYT, Reuters, NBC News +10

      17 more headlines
    2. 7 outlets AI Fears Give Bernie Sanders a Rare Moment of Unity With Bannon

      first by Bloomberg, 8d ago · also Guardian, NPR, Straits Times, Le Monde EN, Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Politics

      4 more headlines

    • 🇺🇸 Bernie Sanders wants to shut down the race toward artificial superintelligence. He plans to introduce legislation next week permanently banning the development of AI smarter than humans. Sanders sees it as an existential threat and is comparing the danger to nuclear weapons.

      @MarioNawfalX8d ago22▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 13 posts in this stretch

    • AI is only inevitable if we let be. We can collectively opt out. There are so many little places for resistance - refusing to use AI as much as possible, refusing to buy goods and services advertised using AI generated material, protesting AI data center build outs, etc etc. AI isn't more dangerous than nukes. A data center without electricity is…

      mountainsound89r/politics8d agoview on r/politics ↗
    • GiftArticles@tomkahe.com

      The Only Thing Capable of Uniting Bernie and Bannon https://www. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/ 09/steve-bannon-bernie-sanders-ai-oligarch/688642/?gift=ZMOMQXQ7XxqSkeUxQa1VhAqYZuf6Y7miVYgZb4eVnHA

      GiftArticles@tomkahe.comMastodon8d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  3. 4

    Bannon and Sanders set aside years of mutual insults to cooperate

    Despite past attacks on each other (Sanders once called Bannon "a racist individual"; Bannon once called Sanders a "pussy"), the two agreed to work together on AI while acknowledging they still disagree sharply about Trump.

    “Obviously, he and I have a quite different opinion of the president of the United States. But we're trying to raise above partisanship, and we have to.”
    — Steve Bannon
    • euobserver@mastodon.social

      When Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon take the stage together to call for responsible AI development, and Pope Leo XIV does so in his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, all aligning with the direction of EU regulation, there is political space for urgent action. https:// euobserver.com/237542/the-pope…

      euobserver@mastodon.socialMastodon8d agoview on Mastodon ↗
  4. 3

    Sanders and Bannon jointly demand human control over AI

    At the all-day Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, Sanders and Bannon spoke back-to-back, both warning AI could cause mass economic displacement or worse and insisting citizens, not "oligarchs," should decide how it is deployed.

    1. 2 outlets Bernie and Bannon unite for “pro-human” AI

      first by Axios, 9d ago · also The Post Millennial

      2 more headlines
    2. 1 outlet US political rivals Sanders and Bannon unite on AI warning

      first by Al Jazeera, 7d ago

    • Bannon is anti-birth control, and wants voting rights limited to property owners. Good job Bernie.

      wolfsprings.bsky.socialBluesky9d ago2▲view on Bluesky ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 4 posts in this stretch
    • realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social

      LIVE: Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon speak at AI conference in Washington # AssociatedPress

      realTuckFrumper@mastodon.socialMastodon8d agoview on Mastodon ↗

    • so crazy - but I think both are genuine, one good, one mostly evil ... but they are not just in it to make the most money (which is what separates them from most politicians, if you want to include Bannon in that group).

      geraldterveen.bsky.socialBluesky8d ago1▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  5. 2

    Axios reports Sanders, Bannon and ex-Anthropic researcher will team up

    Axios scooped that Sanders, Bannon and former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon would appear together at the Future of Life Institute's "Pro-Human Assembly" event in Washington to push for human-controlled AI.

    1. 4 outlets Why Steve Bannon sided with Sanders, not Trump, on AI

      first by NPR, 7d ago · also Quartz, CBS News, NPR Business

      2 more headlines
    • carlquintanilla.bsky.social

      (Axios) - Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, Sen. Bernie Sanders and .. Steve Bannon will join forces at an event on Tuesday to push for human-controlled AI. @axios.com

      carlquintanilla.bsky.socialBluesky9d ago315▲view on Bluesky ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 62 posts in this stretch

    • Is everyone gonna pile on Bernie now, or does Bernie get a special magic grampa Berniepass?

      komos-and-goldie.bsky.socialBluesky9d ago75▲view on Bluesky ↗

    • Hey Bernie Bros, between Fetterman and this, can you finally admit you may have been misled?

      michaelbloom.bsky.socialBluesky9d ago23▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  7. 1

    Sanders announces bill to ban superintelligent AI

    Sanders said he would introduce the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, prohibiting development of smarter-than-human AI and pausing other advanced AI research pending new safety rules, comparing the risk to nuclear weapons.

    “People are concerned…”
    — Bernie Sanders
    1. 4 outlets Bernie Sanders superintelligent AI ban push

      first by StartupHub.ai, 10d ago · also Washington Examiner, FT, ABC News

      3 more headlines
    2. 1 outlet The Growing Push to Ban Superintelligent AI

      first by Time Magazine, 13d ago

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  1. 4 outlets US Senator Sanders and podcaster Bannon, longtime foes, to urge AI restrictions

    first by Reuters, 8d ago · also Daily Maverick, Investing.com News, Channel News Asia

  2. 3 outlets Sanders and Bannon call for AI limits, as public unease grows

    first by SCMP, 8d ago · also Straight Arrow, CBS News

    2 more headlines
  3. 3 outlets From Bernie Sanders to Steve Bannon, US political figures sound alarms on AI

    first by Straits Times, 9d ago · also NBC News, NPR News

    2 more headlines
  4. 2 outlets Sanders, Bannon warn of AI dangers in rare US left-right alignment

    first by France 24 EN, 7d ago · also France 24

  5. 2 outlets WATCH: Steve Bannon says 'we have to rise' above partisanship to address AI 'hinge in history'

    first by PBS NewsHour, 8d ago · also Associated Press

  6. 2 outlets Sen. Bernie Sanders says Congress has gotten a ‘wake-up call’ on AI risks

    first by NPR, 8d ago · also NPR Politics

  7. 2 outlets Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to join AI event in Washington as tech concerns rise

    first by The National UAE, 9d ago · also The Hill

    1 more headline
  8. 2 outlets Bernie Makes ‘Strange Coalition’ To Go After AI After Mystery Man's ‘Kill Us All’ Warning

    first by The Daily Wire, 9d ago · also Daily Wire

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