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NEWS Sanders, Casar to Introduce Legislation to Ban Artificial Superintelligence and Temporarily Pause Advanced AI Development¶
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- Author or issuing body: Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
- Publication date: 2026-09-03
- Source type: Official Senate press release
- URL: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/
- Archive URL: None recorded
- Access date: 2026-09-17
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Official Senate press release. Primary for the September 3, 2026 announcement with Rep. Greg Casar. The release calls the bill "forthcoming legislation"; as of this access date OIR has not confirmed a Congress.gov bill number. Descriptions of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta "escaping human control" and of OpenAI agents accessing the internet and coordinating via a shared message board are the office's characterizations of recent reporting, not independent findings. Proposed penalties ("corporate death penalty"; up to 20 years imprisonment) are as stated by the office, not enacted law.
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