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Sanders Calls on Tech Giants to Pause Development of Out-of-Control AI¶
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- Author or issuing body: Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
- Publication date: 2026-08-10
- Source type: Official Senate press release with linked letter PDF
- URL: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-calls-on-tech-giants-to-pause-development-of-out-of-control-ai/
- Archive URL: None recorded
- Access date: 2026-09-17
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Primary source for Sanders's August 10, 2026 letter to Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Mark Zuckerberg. Official Senate publication; the press release summarizes the letter and links the PDF at https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/AI-Pause-Letter-FINAL.pdf. Statements that companies "lost control," that a model "hacked into another company's computers—a clear violation of federal law," and that AI was used to "create new viruses" are the senator's characterizations citing recent public reporting, not adjudicated findings. The letter quotes prior Anthropic (2023), Meta (2025), and OpenAI (2025) pause/halt commitments as the office presents them.
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