Most of the debate about AI regulation in the United States has focused on disclosure rules, liability questions and voluntary commitments from developers. A new bill from Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar goes considerably further. It would stop the most compute-intensive AI development for a period and permanently outlaw one category of technology.

Sanders and Casar, a Democratic member of the House, presented the proposal on 23 September under the name Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act. It rests on three measures: a permanent prohibition on artificial superintelligence, a pause on the largest AI models, and a new federal department dedicated to AI.

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