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Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez introduce legislation to halt AI datacenter expansion until Congress establishes safety regulations.

LessWrong AIMar 27, 20261 min read
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez introduce legislation to halt AI datacenter expansion until Congress establishes safety regulations.

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3 Key Points

  1. The AI Data Center Moratorium Act would prohibit construction and upgrades of AI datacenters pending passage of comprehensive AI safety laws.

  2. The bill cites warnings from AI leaders Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, the 2023 Future of Life Institute open letter requesting a 6-month pause, and 2025 FLI superintelligence statement.

  3. Proposed legislation includes export controls on advanced chips to countries lacking AI safety laws, worker protections, and environmental regulations.

  4. The measure targets preventing AI companies from releasing harmful products that threaten public health, privacy, civil rights, and humanity's future.

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