Sanders joins Bannon at DC summit, calls AI regulation bipartisan

Bernie SandersU.S. Senator (I-VT)

Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared alongside Steve Bannon at a Washington, D.C. "pro-human AI" summit, saying "regulating AI is not a progressive issue... it is as American as apple pie."

“Regulating AI is not a progressive issue. It is not a conservative issue. It is as American as apple pie.”

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Is Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?

Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic and said that Anthropic and OpenAI are acting irresponsibly by racing toward self-improving superintelligence. In a fuller interview, he praised Anthropic's current practices and denied that it was already cutting corners; his criticism concerns the competitive race and the pressures he expects it to create. Responses dispute the evidence and timing of catastrophic-risk forecasts, whether continued work inside AI labs can be justified, and whether governments should pause development or regulate its continuation. The record distinguishes these disagreements from arguments about the rhetoric of public warnings.

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Axios report on a September 15, 2026 Washington, D.C. "pro-human AI" summit where Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared alongside Steve Bannon.

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Speaking alongside Steve Bannon at a September 15, 2026 Washington, D.C. "pro-human AI" summit.

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Sanders had not previously been a documented speaker in this case.

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Condemned

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Why this label?

Sanders frames unregulated AI development as a bipartisan concern requiring government action, a condemnation of the current unregulated approach to advancing AI relevant to the case's central question.

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