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

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Left · Published: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:51:39 GMT

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 (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 against Silicon Valley’s “oligarchs”. Continue reading...

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