Sanders and Casar propose banning AI superintelligence with 20-year jail penalty
sourdub · reddit · 2026-09-24
Per NBC News, US Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar proposed legislation to ban the development of AI "superintelligence," with violators facing up to 20 years in prison — one of the most aggressive frontier-AI bills yet introduced in Congress, though its prospects remain highly uncertain.
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