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Bernie Sanders Urges AI Industry to Pause Development and Calls for Government Ownership Stakes

Bernie Sanders has called on major technology leaders to pause artificial intelligence development to avoid potential disasters. In a letter addressed to executives at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, Bernie Sanders urged the industry to leaders to stop and suggested that Congress consider a 50 percent government stake in AI companies along with a one-time 50 percent tax on their stock. While the administration defended the expansion of data centers, providing jobs and tax revenue, Bernie Sanders highlighted growing public opposition to the rapid infrastructure growth. Recent polling shows that 75% of Americans oppose having new data centers built near their homes. Sanders argued that the AI billionaires are threatening to obliterate jobs, eviscerate privacy, and destroy the environment. Critics of the moratorium suggest that a pause might cause the United States to fall behind global competitors like China and Russia. However, Sanders continues to push for a moratorium on new AI data centers until Congress establishes clear safeguards for the technology.

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