Bernie Sanders' AI bill would carry up to 20 years in prison for researchers evading its restrictions
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-12
Per Polymarket, Bernie Sanders' proposed AI bill would impose criminal penalties of up to 20 years in prison on researchers who break or evade its restrictions on advanced AI development — a severity rarely seen in mainstream AI regulation proposals, and one likely to spark heated debate over criminalizing research.
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