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By: Joey Cappelletti; AP News Two leading progressive lawmakers, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar, are unveiling legislation Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal agency to oversee advanced AI as some of the industry’s own leaders urge Congress to impose guardrails on the advancing technology. The bill, provided first to The Associated Press, would also pause

By: Arthur Delaney; HuffPost “There have been a number of scientists who have been warning about that for years, but I think the American people are catching on,” the senator said. Members of Congress are beginning to grapple with how to regulate artificial intelligence as voices within the tech industry increasingly warn the technology poses major dangers, even as they

By: Ian Duncan; The Washington Post The Vermont senator said potential future versions of AI posed great risks and needed to be restricted by the government. Sen. 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

By: Erin Petenko; VTDigger Vermont’s members of Congress posed a series of questions to the Postal Service about what it’s doing to retain staff and prevent delays. Vermont’s congressional delegation has received more than 2,000 complaints from constituents about mail service so far this year, the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner on Friday.  “As you

By: Joey Cappelletti; AP News As artificial intelligence companies reshape the economy and race toward trillion-dollar valuations, Sen. Bernie Sanders is proposing a sweeping transfer of wealth and power from the industry to the American public. The legislation, shown first to The Associated Press, would create a sovereign wealth fund overseen by an independent commission and financed through a one-time 50%

By: Bob Kinzel; Vermont Public Bernie Sanders has found his way to the center of a growing debate about how to oversee the burgeoning and controversial artificial intelligence industry. In some ways it’s new territory for Vermont’s senior senator, who rose to national prominence railing against income inequality. And in other ways, it’s a continuation of the same populist themes he’s