OpenAI backs FRONTIER Act as Sanders, Bannon demand AI brakes

The Pro-Human Assembly, hosted by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute, drew several hundred people and an unusual coalition: Republicans and Democrats, evangelical Christian, Mormon and Catholic leaders, plus artists. Hats carried the slogan "Keep the future human." Speeches from Representative Greg Casar, Representative Lori Trahan, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, and Ashley Judd of SAG-AFTRA all pointed the same direction, though the attendees disagreed on the path.

The disagreement is over method, not goal. Sanders has introduced a bill to pause data center construction and wants a Trump–Xi deal to ban superintelligent AI. Bannon does not believe legislation will work and wants a presidential executive order. President Trump has called fears about the technology a "hoax" and threatened AI chiefs with criminal action for harms caused by their systems.

OpenAI's move, reported by Politico, places it alongside the FRONTIER Act's sponsors in a federal push that the White House stands against. Whether that support translates into binding rules hinges on whether Congress moves on a bill the president's administration has so far rejected, and on how the revenue and compute thresholds are ultimately drawn.