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Sanders and Casar Introduce AI Ban Bill, Pause Development

By Drooid · Sep 23, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC · How we work

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Sanders, Casar Ban AI

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) introduced a bill banning artificial superintelligence.
The bill creates a Department of Artificial Intelligence to oversee safety and pauses AI development until guidelines are set.
Advanced AI would need federal approval before deployment, with violations punishable by 20 years in prison.
OpenAI safety researcher Juan Felipe Cerón Uribe and Google DeepMind engineer Swante Scholz endorsed the legislation, citing existential catastrophe risks.

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Sanders, Casar Ban AI

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) introduced a bill banning artificial superintelligence.
The bill creates a Department of Artificial Intelligence to oversee safety and pauses AI development until guidelines are set.
Advanced AI would need federal approval before deployment, with violations punishable by 20 years in prison.
OpenAI safety researcher Juan Felipe Cerón Uribe and Google DeepMind engineer Swante Scholz endorsed the legislation, citing existential catastrophe risks.

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