Bernie Sanders on Artificial Intelligence

Statements and actions by Bernie Sanders on this topic.

Public disputes concerning artificial intelligence, including its development, uses, safety, governance, effects on creative work, and role in research.

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Statement history

1 statement on this page. Dates: September 9, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: September 9, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: September 9, 2026

Condemned

1 published statement. Dates: September 9, 2026

1 statement on this page. Dates: September 9, 2026

Bernie Sanders

Role at the time: U.S. political figure; statement on his own public account.

September 9, 2026Condemned

Responding to

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

"Mr. Coxon is right."

Why we used this label

Explicit endorsement of Coxon's criticism with a proposed ban and pause.

Bernie Sanders on Coxon’s warning and the frontier AI safety debate (opens in a new tab)

- Bernie Sanders

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