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Public disputes concerning artificial intelligence, including its development, uses, safety, governance, effects on creative work, and role in research.
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3 statements on this page. Dates: September 3, 2026 to September 15, 2026
3 matching statements. Dates: September 3, 2026 to September 15, 2026
3 published statements. Dates: September 3, 2026 to September 15, 2026
3 published statements. Dates: September 3, 2026 to September 15, 2026
3 statements on this page. Dates: September 3, 2026 to September 15, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. Senator (I-VT)
Statement summary
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.”
Axios report on a September 15, 2026 Washington, D.C. "pro-human AI" summit where Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared alongside Steve Bannon.
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.
Role at the time: U.S. political figure; statement on his own public account.
Statement summary
Sanders explicitly endorses Coxon's warning and says he will introduce legislation to ban superintelligence and pause AI development. This is an announced policy intention, not evidence that a ban has been enacted.
“Mr. Coxon is right.”
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Explicit endorsement of Coxon's criticism with a proposed ban and pause.
Role at the time: United States senator from Vermont.
Statement summary
Sanders called for a temporary pause on increasingly powerful AI and a ban on systems humanity cannot fully control, through planned federal legislation.
“That’s why I am introducing legislation to immediately pause the development of increasingly powerful AI and ban the creation of systems that humanity cannot fully control — at home and around the world.”
Official Senate press release announcing Sanders and Representative Greg Casar's planned legislation. Sanders calls for a pause on increasingly powerful AI and a ban on systems humanity cannot fully control.
Sanders calls it irresponsible to allow increasingly powerful systems to advance without adequate control and rejects leaving humanity's future to technology companies.
