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Sanders and Bannon find common ground on AI regulation at Washington summit

The unlikely pair agree tech must be slowed and regulated, drawing unusual cross-partisan interest in controlling corporate AI development.

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What to know

  • Sanders and Bannon aligned on the core threat: AI development controlled by tech billionaires whose sole motive is profit, regardless of societal impact.
  • Both argued AI progress must be deliberately slowed to allow regulatory guardrails to develop, marking rare cross-partisan agreement on a major tech issue.
  • Progressive and Trump-aligned figures in attendance saw the convergence as a genuine opening for coordinated action on AI regulation despite deep political differences elsewhere.

“AI technology is too important and too dangerous to be left to a tech billionaire class, people whose chief goal is to achieve even more wealth and more power than they already have, no matter what the impact their work has on ordinary people.”

Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont · Washington Examiner ↗

Bernie SandersBernie Sanders U.S. Senator from VermontSteve BannonSteve Bannon Economic nationalist political strategistAlan Minsky Executive director, Progressive Democrats of AmericaCaroline Wren America First strategist and fundraiser

Sanders and Bannon find common ground on AI regulation at Washington summit
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    Progressive and right-wing observers see potential for cross-partisan AI action

    Alan Minsky, executive director of Progressive Democrats of America, and Caroline Wren, an America First strategist, both praised the unlikely convergence. Minsky said progressives should work with Bannon on AI regulation despite historical resistance to right-wing coordination, while Wren called for action across political lines on the shared public concern.

    “Progressives need to understand that Steve Bannon is to a great degree in alignment with our position about protecting us from the peril, and need to realize and then be realistic about the landscape of American politics.”
    — Alan Minsky
  2. background

    Sanders and Bannon address Pro-Human Assembly on AI regulation — At the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., Senator Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were the two top speakers, delivering parallel messages that AI technology is too important and dangerous to be left to tech billionaires and must be slowed to allow guardrails to develop.