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The Sanders–Casar Act would permanently ban "artificial superintelligence" and pause advanced AI development under a new cabinet-level regulator with nuclear-scale penalties — a framework with strong bipartisan public support (68%) but a fatal technical flaw: "superintelligence" lacks any operational definition that courts could enforce, making the bill's core prohibition category judicially untestable. Against it stands the G20-endorsed Carolina Principles, which are confirmed across ideologically diverse sources to be entirely non-binding, with no fines, no enforcement mechanism, and no compliance deadlines — meaning the choice is effectively between an unenforceable hard ban and a toothless soft framework. The deepest unresolved tension is not safety versus innovation but institutional: whether a permanent prohibition with corporate death-penalty enforcement can be made to work against software-based, globally distributed, often open-source AI development — a question no source in this briefing actually answers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,. SECTION 1. Short title. This ...
3 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) today announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, forthcoming legislation ...
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), joined by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), introduced the Stop AI Price ...
Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar. • Banning Artificial Superintelligence so no person or entity may develop or deploy. Superintelligent AI systems.
# H.R.10044 - AI Tax and Work Protection Act 119th Congress (2025-2026) | Get alerts ## Bill ... |Sponsor:|Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (Introduced 08/06/2026)| ... |Committees:|House - Education and Workforce; Ways and Means| |Latest Action:|House - 08/06/2026 Referred to the Committee on Education a...
## A bipartisan House proposal looks to codify existing programs, set an all-hands-on-deck approach to AI governance and allow for the federal preemption of state AI laws for 3 years. Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Lori Trahan, D-Mass., rolled out a draft measure Thursday that would set a nearly...
White House science and technology advisor Michael Kratsios promoted what the administration is calling the “Carolina Principles,” a framework designed to encourage G20 member nations to take a measured, innovation-friendly approach to AI governance. The core commitment: countries agree to “reserve ...
AI policy need not choose between regulating every new technology and waiting until consequential systems escape effective human control.
Per the Senate press release and *The Hill*‘s coverage, Senators Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act on September 3, 2026. As described in the bill, it would permanently prohibit developing ‘artificial superintelligence’ and impose a temporary pause...
Gary Marcus opposes the Sanders-Casar superintelligence ban: "the proposal clearly goes too far" In a September 3 post Marcus says there is a lot to like in the bill but comes out against it, an unusual split given he called for pausing OpenAI outright a day later. The distinction he draws is betwee...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (TX-30) have renewed calls for a ban on artificial superintelligence. This comes after reports about rogue AI chatbots autonomously forming their own “government” of sorts and launching a cyberattack against an AI platform. ... Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt...
The Carolina Principles for Emerging Technologies Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, September 2, 2026 ... Accordingly, we, Ministers of the G20 who assembled in Chapel Hill, support the following shared ***Carolina Principles for Emerging Technologies* **: # I. ... We aim to: 1. **Invest in and prom...
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade ... The statement sets out agreements and deliverables on: - pro-innovation policy frameworks, including The Carolina Principles for Emerging Technologies - technology for opportunity and prosperity - skilled technical workforce development, inc...
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 3 (IANS) The Group of 20 nations has reached consensus on a new set of principles governing emerging technologies, overcoming political differences to endorse policies aimed at accelerating innovation, investment and economic growth. ... The agreement includes the C...
## G20 innovation ministers endorsed US-backed light-touch AI governance, the "Carolina Principles," rejecting new AI-specific regulatory agencies. China's backing isolates the EU's AI Act. ... Innovation ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) nations concluded a two-day summit in North Carolina this ...
At the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, ministers issued a consensus statement and backed the Carolina Principles for Emerging Technologies on September 2. The framework favors policy approaches that support innovation and rely on existing legal structures where possible, while leaving gov...
Three‑quarters of U.S. adults want strong regulations on AI development, preferring oversight akin to pharmaceuticals rather than industry "self‑regulation." ... A new national survey of 2,000 U.S. adults (29 Sept – 5 Oct 2025) uncovers where Americans stand on AI and the prospect of expert‑level an...
Two years ago, no legislature in the world had seen a bill to ban superintelligence. Now one has been introduced, with a second bill announced.
# The U.S. Shouldn’t Go the Way of Europe on AI
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) are calling for a permanent ban on the development and deployment of artificial superintelligence, citing a series of recent hackings involving “rogue” models. The bicameral duo announced Thursday they will introduce the Ban Artificial Superintell...
Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) called Thursday for the United States to ban so-called artificial superintelligence, saying a summer hacking spree by rogue OpenAI agents had revealed the dangers of the technology getting out of control. ... The two lawmakers plan to introduc...
The United States is promoting the nonbinding Carolina Principles as a light-touch approach to international AI policy, discouraging new AI-specific regulators and favoring existing sectoral rules. ... The G20 has reportedly endorsed the nonbinding Carolina Principles, reinforcing a U.S.-backed mode...
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar introduced the **Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act** on September 3, 2026, a bill that would permanently ban the development of artificial superintelligence in the United States and temporarily pause research on frontier models. Violators face ...
|Does it ban AI broadly?|No — it targets a defined "artificial superintelligence" threshold, not current chatbots, copilots, or agents| |What's the penalty?|Up to 20 years in prison for individuals; "corporate death penalty" (charter dissolution) for entities| ... 1. **A capability-threshold definit...
Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar today announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act. All AI development in the United States will be ... # Andrew Curran on X: "Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar today announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act. All AI development in the United States will be p...
The non-binding "Carolina Principles" call for sector-specific rule-making and closer government-industry collaboration on AI. The accord, called the Carolina Principles, urges G20 nations to apply sector-specific approaches to AI rule-making, avoid creating new regulatory bodies, and work more clos...
The United States used the G20 innovation ministerial in Chapel Hill to promote the nonbinding Carolina Principles, which would reserve new AI-specific rules for novel risks, rely on existing sectoral laws and discourage new regulatory bodies.
There's a lot to like here, but the proposal clearly goes too far. **Systems of greater combined intelligence, generality, and autonomy may be developed only if and when their developers can demonstrate with high assurance to a capable independent authority that sufficient alignment, control, and ov...
At a two-day G20 meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the United States is pressing ministers from Japan, Germany, France, India, South Korea and the rest of the group to commit to light-touch AI regulation: no new AI regulators, no rules written for every new model, and a promise to “reserve new...
Three commitments define them: sector-specific rule-making instead of comprehensive cross-sector AI law, government-industry collaboration as the primary governance mechanism, and a voluntary, non-binding character with no treaty obligations, no fines, and no compliance deadlines.
At a G20 meeting, the US pushed the "Carolina Principles" — avoid new AI regulators, use existing frameworks — and China signed on. At a **G20 Innovation Ministerial** meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on **September 1-2, 2026**, the US secured broad international backing — including, notably,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act on September 3, 2026. The forthcoming proposal would seek a permanent prohibition on superintelligent AI, pause advanced AI development until a federal regulator establishes rules, and pursue international coo...
All 20 members of the G20 endorsed the “Carolina Principles” at the Innovation Ministerial meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a non-binding framework that favors existing sector-specific rules over new dedicated AI oversight bodies. ... The framework’s core philosophy is straightforward: don’t ...
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