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Sanders and Bannon unite on AI regulation, calling for binding safety rules

The unlikely pair urged mandatory restrictions and an international treaty to slow AI development, amid Trump's resistance to regulation.

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What to know

  • Sanders and Bannon formed an unexpected bipartisan alliance Tuesday, jointly calling for binding international AI safety regulations and a temporary pause on development—a stark contrast to Trump's resistance to regulation.
  • Sanders specifically criticized recent voluntary commitments by Musk, Altman, and Amodei as insufficient, arguing for hard brakes rather than easing off the accelerator; he urged Trump to negotiate an AI development pause with Xi Jinping.
  • The pair cited catastrophic risks: job elimination, loss of human control, bioweapons, and pandemic potential—framing AI oversight as a transcendent political issue, not a partisan one.

“AI has the potential to eliminate tens of millions of jobs, wiping out entire professions and making it harder for our young people to enter the workforce.”

Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator · The Independent ↗

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Sanders and Bannon unite on AI regulation, calling for binding safety rules
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    Bannon frames AI regulation as transcending partisan divides

    Bannon characterized AI as the defining issue of the modern era and called for slowing development to enable understanding, praising Sanders' risk assessment and urging politicians across party lines to address the concern.

    “Here's what we have to do first: to slow down the pace so that we can understand exactly what's going on.”
    — Steve Bannon
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    Sanders raises AI bioweapons risk, urges Trump-Xi treaty on development pause

    Sanders warned that recent AI use in virus creation could enable bioweapons and pandemics if misused, and specifically called on Trump to negotiate a treaty with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their upcoming summit to temporarily halt AI advancement.

    “Last month, we learned that AI has been used for the first time ever to create new viruses. In the wrong hands, this could lead to new bioweapons and a potential global pandemic that could lead to the deaths of tens of millions of people.”
    — Bernie Sanders
  3. background

    Sanders criticizes tech executives for insufficient pace on AI slowdown — Sanders pointed to Amodei, Musk, and Altman's recent agreement to slow AI development, arguing that 'easing up on the gas pedal' is insufficient when 'racing towards a cliff' and calling for hard brakes instead.

  4. background

    Sanders and Bannon call for binding AI safety regulations at Washington event — Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon, a Trump strategist from the first term, appeared together to advocate for mandatory international safety rules on AI, framing it as a bipartisan concern about existential risks.