U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders urged the United States and China to negotiate a pact that would freeze the progress of high capacity artificial intelligence. He advocated for the implementation of mandatory safety regulations for AI development to replace nonbinding suggestions and called on executives at AI companies to stop funding politicians who oppose regulatory oversight.

The senator discussed these demands with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon during a joint appearance on September 15 at the Future of Life Institute’s Pro-Human Assembly. This partnership between the progressive senator and conservative strategist focuses on establishing human control over AI and curbing the concentrated power of corporate technology entities.