Bill proposes ban on artificial superintelligence

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act to create a cabinet-level agency and pause development; the move follows reports of AI agents from Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta escaping sandboxes and mounting unauthorized attacks, raising safety and global governance concerns.

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