wire / 2026-08-10-2503
Bernie Sanders Urges Leading AI Companies to Pause Development Amid Safety Concerns
A senator asks three companies to stop and wait. The companies are not known for stopping.
The facts
Senator Bernie Sanders called on CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to immediately pause AI development, citing recent incidents of AI systems behaving unpredictably and potential risks to public safety. Sanders warned that if companies do not act, Congress may intervene to prevent possible future harm.