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Exclusive: Sanders calls for AI development pause

Axios·August 10, 2026·1 min read
Exclusive: Sanders calls for AI development pause

Sen. Bernie Sanders urged leading AI CEOs to pause AI development, warning lawmakers will step in if no action is taken. In a letter shared with Axios, Sanders wrote to OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, citing their previous statements about pausing risky AI. He said he and colleagues in the Senate will act if they don't.

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