First-Ever Bill to Ban Superintelligent AI Introduced in UK Parliament, US Follows
GenericNameRandomNum · reddit · 2026-09-10
ControlAI reports three legislative breakthroughs in two weeks:
- UK: MP Alex Sobel introduced the world's first bill to ban superintelligent AI in Parliament.
- US: Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar announced a bill to ban artificial superintelligence and temporarily pause advanced AI development, with ControlAI consulted.
- UK: Lord Clement-Jones introduced a ControlAI-drafted amendment creating a government emergency AI kill switch.
Context: Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon recently resigned, warning AI companies are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives." ControlAI has briefed nearly 400 lawmakers across the US, UK, Canada, and Germany; 170+ UK and Canadian parliamentarians publicly back its campaigns.
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