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Sanders and Casar introduce bill to ban AI superintelligence development

Legislation would impose sweeping restrictions including a superintelligence ban, 20-year prison terms, and a new federal AI department.

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What to know

  • Sanders-Casar bill proposes outright ban on superintelligence development with criminal penalties up to 20 years in prison and corporate asset seizure.
  • Legislation establishes temporary pause on advanced AI systems and creates cabinet-level Department of Artificial Intelligence for federal oversight of frontier models.
  • Trump administration opposes global AI control schemes and directs renaming AI to 'super intelligence' in government documents—directly at odds with the bill's regulatory intent.
  • AI safety researchers express cautious support but warn the superintelligence definition may be too broad, potentially capturing current systems.

“to destroy or disempower humanity, including by overthrowing the federal government.”

The legislation · Al Jazeera ↗

Bernie SandersBernie Sanders U.S. Senator (Vermont)Greg CasarGreg Casar U.S. Representative (Texas)Donald TrumpDonald Trump U.S. PresidentAlex Turner Former Google DeepMind researcherJacob Coxon Former Anthropic AI researcher

Sanders and Casar introduce bill to ban AI superintelligence development
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    AI researcher calls bill courageous but unlikely to pass

    Alex Turner, former Google DeepMind researcher who resigned in June, praised the legislation as safer than the status quo but expressed concerns about its breadth, noting the definition of superintelligence might unintentionally cover existing systems.

    “[It's] unlikely to pass but it's courageous and much safer than the status quo…”
    — Alex Turner
  2. background

    Trump rejects AI control schemes at UN, renames field to 'super intelligence' — President Donald Trump tells the United Nations General Assembly that the US will rename artificial intelligence to 'super intelligence' in all government documents and rejects global control attempts.

  3. background

    Bill includes regulatory framework and severe penalties — The legislation calls for a temporary pause on advanced AI development, establishment of a Department of Artificial Intelligence, 20-year prison sentences for superintelligence ban violations, and a "corporate death penalty" allowing asset seizure from violating companies.

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    Sanders and Casar introduce superintelligence ban bill

    Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar formally introduce nearly 20-page legislation banning development of AI systems that can outperform humans and threaten to destroy or disempower humanity, including the federal government.

    “an artificial intelligence system that exhibits or can easily be modified to exhibit capabilities that match or exceed human cognitive performance and capabilities across a broad range of domains or tasks…”
    — The legislation
  5. background

    Initial reports of AI 'kill switch' proposal emerge — Early coverage surfaces the concept of lawmakers proposing mechanisms to shut down rogue AI models.