Bernie Sanders
US Senator from Vermont · as of 2026-10-04 · source
Co-sponsored the 2026 Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act with Rep. Greg Casar.
News mentioning Bernie Sanders (4)
- Tavus unveils Griffin, a real-time face-to-face video model it says is the first to pass a 'video Turing test' (48% thought it was human) ★★★
Tavus announced Griffin, a full-duplex video-to-video "Human Interaction Model" that watches and listens while it talks, can interrupt and be interrupted, and reacts to gestures and objects on camera. In Tavus's own blind study, 48% of 54 participants who had a one-minute live video call with it…
- Trump hosts AI CEOs at the White House; they sign a voluntary 'morally binding' Accord on Superintelligence, and Trump rejects new federal AI rules ★★★★
On Sept 29, 2026 President Trump hosted about 31 tech leaders and officials at a White House lunch on whether and how to regulate AI, after a month of lab leaders calling for a slowdown. Guests included Amodei, Brockman, Pichai, Zuckerberg, Huang, Nadella, Musk and Speaker Mike Johnson. Afterwards…
- Sanders and Casar introduce the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, with a pause on advanced AI and a new Department of AI ★★★
On Sept 23, 2026 Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act (announced as forthcoming on Sept 3). It would permanently ban developing or deploying superintelligent AI and pause advanced AI development until a new Cabinet-level Department of…
- Hinton tells lawmakers in a closed-door briefing that Congress has 'maybe a year' to regulate AI ★★★
On Sept 16, 2026 Geoffrey Hinton and other AI experts briefed senators and representatives behind closed doors at an event hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Afterwards Hinton said Congress had "maybe a year, but not much more than a year" before losing the ability to control AI, that AI now designs…
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- Bernie Sanders on Tavus Griffin: 'PAUSE AI NOW' original ↗ Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders · x · 2026-10-02
A sitting US senator cites the Griffin video-Turing-test claim to call for pausing AI development (~209k views). - Sanders: Trump says we don't need any AI guardrails because his 'oligarch friends' will self-police original ↗ Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders · x · 2026-09-30
Most-viewed (~344k) political reaction to Trump's rejection of AI rules at the Sept 29 White House AI summit.
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