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Sanders, Casar Introduce AI “Ban Artificial Superintelligence” Act

9/6/2026

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Summary

Sanders Bans AI

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) introduced Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act.
The bill bans AI exceeding human cognition and pauses advanced model scaling.
It creates an agency to enforce bans, imposing a corporate death penalty and up to 20-year prison.
Sanders cited the July OpenAI hack and August 6 Evo-2 synthetic virus as proof AI is uncontrolled.
Critics Daniel Castro and Jensen Huang warned the bill could advantage China.

Summary

Sanders Slams AI

Senator Bernie Sanders blasted President Donald Trump’s suggestion to rename the Strait of Hormuz as a distraction.
He said the Iran war pushed diesel to $5.69 per gallon and gasoline to $4.12 per gallon.
Sanders warned AI could eliminate tens of millions of jobs within a decade.
He called for a global pause on developing more powerful AI models in a September 1 Fox op-ed.

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Historical Context

In 1997 IBM’s Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game New York match, winning 3½–2½—the first tournament loss of a reigning champion to a computer. The high-profile victory still shapes policy debates; Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar cite it while introducing the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act.

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Sanders Bans AI

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) introduced Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act.
The bill bans AI exceeding human cognition and pauses advanced model scaling.
It creates an agency to enforce bans, imposing a corporate death penalty and up to 20-year prison.
Sanders cited the July OpenAI hack and August 6 Evo-2 synthetic virus as proof AI is uncontrolled.
Critics Daniel Castro and Jensen Huang warned the bill could advantage China.

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