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Sanders pushes 'death penalty' for crucial US industry that could give advantage to foreign adversaries
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In Short: Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation that would impose a 'corporate death penalty' and up to 20 years in prison on American artificial intelligence developers, according to reports.
Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation that would impose a 'corporate death penalty' and up to 20 years in prison on American artificial intelligence developers, according to reports.
Critics argue that such a stringent measure could severely impede domestic innovation and provide a significant advantage to foreign adversaries like China and Russia in the global AI arms race.
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- But while progressives frame the measure as an urgent check on "AI oligarchs," experts are warning that imposing sweeping criminal penalties on U.S. firms will severely handicap domestic innovation, while foreign adversaries will be able to continue expanding their capabilities unchecked.
- "If the United States stops developing advanced AI, China is unlikely to follow. Surrendering the lead in a potentially transformative technology would carry serious economic and national security costs," Daniel Castro, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a leading nonpartisan tech-innovation policy think tank, said in response to Sanders' proposal.
- Tech companies found attempting to circumvent the federal prohibition would face a "corporate death penalty"—an unprecedented enforcement mechanism that strips a firm's legal authority to conduct business in the United States.
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- Fox Newslink