Sanders, Bannon Push AI Guardrails as 2 Parties Split After Industry Slowdown Warning
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Updated · Financial Times · Sep 15
Sanders, Bannon Push AI Guardrails as 2 Parties Split After Industry Slowdown Warning
3 articles · Updated · Financial Times · Sep 15
Summary
Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon joined lawmakers in Washington to press for tighter AI guardrails, turning an unusual left-right alliance into the clearest sign yet of rising Capitol Hill alarm.
Weekend warnings from Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI chiefs drove the push, after they urged a co-ordinated slowdown in model releases and warned about the dangers of unfettered AI development.
Republican divisions are widening: Donald Trump said strict rules would choke a growth industry, while Vice-President JD Vance backed some added regulation through a Congress-White House consensus.
Mike Johnson has called for a White House meeting with AI executives in the coming days, but Congress is nearing recess with no agreement on specific rules and major action may slip to January.