Cory Booker on Slow down AI development

Cory Booker

U.S. Senator for New Jersey.

I advocated for: [...] the need for a careful and disciplined approach to the pace of AI development. [...] And yes, put the brakes on the development of capabilities whose risks outrun our ability to manage them.

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Cory Booker, “Booker Calls on Trump to Convene Congress for Special Session on AI,” official U.S. Senate press release, September 17, 2026. In prepared remarks, Booker calls for a careful, disciplined pace of AI development and for stopping capabilities whose risks exceed our ability to manage them.

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AI Verified Booker explicitly calls for a disciplined pace and for putting brakes on AI capabilities whose risks outrun management. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Booker explicitly advocates a disciplined pace and putting brakes on risky AI capabilities; recorded for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Booker’s official Senate release dated 17 September 2026 contains the stored prepared-remarks wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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