JB Pritzker on AI poses an existential threat to human…

JB Pritzker

Governor of Illinois; signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act in 2026.

It's time to sound the alarm — louder — on reining in Artificial Intelligence. It's becoming more clear the threat AI poses to humanity, so I'm calling for immediate action from the industry and Washington. When AI researchers are whistleblowing, we need to listen.

AI Verified (Sep 9, 2026)

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Governor JB Pritzker, “Gov. Pritzker Sounds Alarm on AI Safety Action,” Office of Governor JB Pritzker, September 9, 2026.

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AI Verified The Illinois Governor’s official newsroom page is dated September 9, 2026 and attributes the stored wording verbatim to Governor JB Pritzker. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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Slow down AI development

Artificial Intelligence has enormous potential to transform our everyday lives, but when experts and industry leaders sound the alarm bell, urge us to slow down, and ask for guardrails, we should listen.

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

As AI systems become more powerful and the federal government is unwilling to step in, states have a responsibility to protect our people from the dangers of AI while still harnessing the unique potential of the technology.

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Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority

Developers must report critical safety incidents within 72 hours, or within 24 hours if the incident poses an imminent risk of death or serious physical harm.

AI Verified source (Jul 6, 2026)

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