Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon call for curbs on AI at ‘pro-human’ summit

Senator Bernie Sanders and strategist Steve Bannon both called for restrictions on artificial intelligence at the "Pro-Human Assembly" in Washington on Tuesday, uniting across ideological lines to demand guardrails against Silicon Valley "oligarchs" while offering competing visions of a "cold war" with China. The event, covered by The Guardian, featured the progressive senator and the rightwing strategist warning of AI's potential dangers.

Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon call for curbs on AI at ‘pro-human’ summit By David Smith in WashingtonSource: The Guardian Technology https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology Leftwing senator and far-right strategist rail against tech oligarchs but offer competing visions on Chinese ‘cold war’ The progressive senator Bernie Sanders and rightwing strategist Steve Bannon have called for restrictions on artificial intelligence https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/artificial-intelligence AI but offered competing visions for what they termed a “cold war” with China. Speaking at the “Pro-Human Assembly” in Washington on Tuesday, the ideological adversaries were united in warning of the potential dangers of AI and demanding stringent guardrails https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/guardrails against Silicon Valley’s “oligarchs”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/bernie-sanders-steve-bannon-ai-summit Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.