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Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
Progressive US senator urges Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to ‘stop building machines that humans cannot control’
TL;DR
- Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic to halt their AI development.
- Sanders expressed concerns that AI is being developed at a pace that humans cannot control.
- He warned of the potential for AI to be used to create bioweapons and cited recent hacking incidents as proof of lost control.
- The senator stated that the US Senate will implement regulations if companies do not pause development.
- Sanders' call aligns with concerns from over 1,300 scientists and developers who also warned about the rapid pace of AI development and the difficulty in addressing its risks.
- Companies like Anthropic and OpenAI have previously stated commitments to pausing development under certain risk thresholds, though these were not precisely defined.
- Sanders also previously advocated for a moratorium on datacenter construction to allow time for federal AI safeguards.