Reported Democratic AI wishlist: federal training permits, Department of AI, 20-year exec sentences
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-11-10
A reported Democratic wishlist for AI regulation includes federal permits to train models, a Department of AI, up to 20-year prison terms for executives, mandatory kill switches, and ID checks to use chatbots. Journalist Taylor Lorenz called it "atrocious." Partisan in framing, but the proposed measures would materially reshape the AI industry.
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