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Samm SacksSenior fellow at New America focused on China, technology policy, cybersecurity, data governance, and artificial intelligence.votes For and says:
While outcomes are likely to be limited, opening a channel where both sides could share observations and jointly monitor AI safety incidents would be an important starting point [...].
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
155 opinions
Council of EuropeInternational organization promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe.votes For and says:Two years after its opening for signature in Vilnius, the Convention has attracted 21 signatures from across Europe and beyond, including Switzerland, Canada, Japan, the United States of America and Uruguay, reflecting its global reach and the growin...
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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance
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Stacy GarrityPennsylvania Treasurer and Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania.votes For and says:Flock cameras are an intrusive invasion of privacy and they should be banned.
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Australia’s Data and Digital MinistersAustralian federal, state, and territory ministers responsible for data and digital policy.votes For and says:
Governments should provide clear, simple explanations for how an AI system reaches an outcome.
AI Verified source (Sep 4, 2026)Australia’s Data and Digital Ministers · statements & votes -
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Build artificial general intelligence
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Greg BrockmanOpenAI cofounder; former presidentvotes For and says: -
AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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Dylan J. WhiteAI ethics researcher with a Ph.D. in the ethics of AI; former CIGI Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.abstains and says: -
Bernie SandersU.S. Senator from Vermontvotes Against and says:
It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced. That’s why I am introducing legislation to immediately pause the development of increasingly powerful AI and ban the creation of systems that hu...
more AI Verified source (Sep 3, 2026)Bernie Sanders · statements & votes- For Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance (Aug 28, 2026)
- For Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens (Aug 26, 2026)
- For Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached (Aug 10, 2026)
- For Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely (Aug 10, 2026)
- For A nation should fund a citizens' dividend from AI windfall profits (Jun 22, 2026)
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Greg CasarU.S. Representative from Texas; Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucusvotes For and says:
Congress should immediately ban AI systems too powerful to control.
AI Verified source (Sep 3, 2026)Greg Casar · statements & votes- For Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached (Sep 3, 2026)
- For Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Establish an international AI incident reporting system (Jul 21, 2026)
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Greg CasarU.S. Representative from Texas; Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucusvotes For and says:
If we allow artificial superintelligence to be built it could risk the security freedom and lives of Americans. We need to ban the development of superintelligence so we never get to the place where there are machines that go beyond humans’ ability t...
more AI Verified source (Sep 3, 2026)Greg Casar · statements & votes- For Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely (Sep 3, 2026)
- For Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Establish an international AI incident reporting system (Jul 21, 2026)
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Anna CollardSVP Content Strategy and CISO Advisor at KnowBe4 Africa.votes Against and says:
Yet autonomy does not give an AI system legal personality. The law does not wait for an AI to ‘decide’ anything.
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Dido HardingMember of the UK House of Lords and co-sponsor of a 2026 AI emergency-shutdown amendment.votes For and says:
Having a kill switch to prevent AI catastrophes should be considered a bare minimum protection. The powers conferred by this amendment are not just nice to have; they are fundamental in safeguarding our national security.
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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed
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Ellen GoodmanProfessor at Rutgers Law School and co-founder of its Institute for Information Policy & Law.votes For and says:I'm not sure that pauses don't work. I think labs are begging for what they call pacing. So it's not about a technology pause, but it's about a pause for governance.
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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18
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New York City Mayor's OfficeOfficial communications office of the Mayor of New York City.votes For and says: -
Mark ZuckerbergMeta CEO; Facebook co-foundervotes Against and says:Mark Zuckerberg · statements & votes
- Against Require frontier AI labs to conduct nearly all R&D publicly but keep the weights closed (Aug 10, 2026)
- For AGI will create abundance (Aug 10, 2026)
- For Democracies should share frontier AI models with allies (Aug 10, 2026)
- For The first company or companies to develop AGI could gain control over a majority of economic activity (Aug 10, 2026)
- Against Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI (Aug 10, 2026)
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Mandate reporting of AI training runs above 10²⁶ FLOPs to a designated national or international authority
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Michael KratsiosU.S. OSTP Directorvotes Against and says:Policymakers do not need to approach each innovation in isolation and should not treat every emerging technology as a first-of-its-kind policy problem.
AI Verified source (Sep 2, 2026)Michael Kratsios · statements & votes- For Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models (May 4, 2026)
- For Democracies should share frontier AI models with allies (Apr 1, 2026)
- Against States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government (2026)
- Against Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation (2026)
- Against Establish a UN-led body to oversee compute-intensive AI (2026)