Introduce and support legislation to permanently ban the development and deployment of artificial superintelligence and AI systems that humanity cannot fully control.

Bernard Sanders · Vermont · Independent

policy impact 0.80 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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That’s why I am introducing legislation to immediately pause the development of increasingly powerful AI and ban the creation of systems that humanity cannot fully control — at home and around the world.

Sanders committed to introducing the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act to ban superintelligent or uncontrollable AI systems.

NEWS: Sanders, Casar to Introduce Legislation to Ban Artificial Superintelligence and Temporarily Pause Advanced AI Development  » Senator Bernie Sanders
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Evidence

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AP reported in the lookback window that Sen. Bernie Sanders announced he would introduce a bill to ban development and deployment of superintelligent AI and pause advanced AI development until federal safety rules exist; Rep. Greg Casar would sponsor the House version. The same article noted that Congress has done little to follow up on earlier AI safeguard proposals.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent reporting shows Sanders was still preparing or announcing legislation matching the commitment, with no indication in the article that the ban had been enacted or that a formal bill had advanced.

partial same_term A for effort

Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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Sanders' Senate office announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act as forthcoming legislation. The release says the bill would permanently ban development and deployment of superintelligent AI, pause advanced AI development until a federal regulator sets safety rules, create a cabinet-level AI agency, set penalties, and pursue international agreements to prevent artificial superintelligence worldwide.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Senate evidence shows concrete support and a detailed announced proposal that matches the substance of the promise, but the release characterizes it as forthcoming rather than showing enacted law or completed congressional passage.

partial same_term A for effort

NEWS: Sanders, Casar to Introduce Legislation to Ban Artificial Superintelligence and Temporarily Pause Advanced AI Development  » Senator Bernie Sanders
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Sanders, while serving in the Senate, publicly announced and supported the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, a proposal matching the promise to ban development and deployment of superintelligent or uncontrollable AI systems and pause advanced AI until federal safety rules exist. However, the available evidence characterizes the measure as forthcoming or proposed, with no showing that a formal bill had been enacted, passed Congress, or fully delivered the promised legal ban. This warrants partial credit for a serious same-term legislative effort, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%