← Back to the wire

The Growing Push to Ban Superintelligent AI

AnnouncementPolicySep 8, 2026

Senator Bernie Sanders announced plans to introduce the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, which would prohibit smarter-than-human AI and pause other advanced AI research pending safety rules. British lawmaker Alex Sobel introduced a similar bill in the House of Commons, described as the first such bill in any G7 parliament. Both bills seek a global treaty banning superintelligence. ControlAI founder Andrea Miotti, whose group drafted the U.K. bill, called the introductions a first step, though passage is considered unlikely.

Receipt № 18111 source · awaiting confirmation ◐

Evidence

1source· awaiting independent confirmation

No score is assigned. Sources and their independence are shown in the citation chain below.

Citation chain · 1 source

Bernie SandersPersonControlAICompanyAlex SobelPersonAndrea MiottiPerson
Canonical: https://time.com/article/2026/09/08/ban-superintelligence-ai-uk-us-lawmakers/