Steve Bannon on Slow down AI development

Steve Bannon

Former White House Chief Strategist; conservative media figure and host of the War Room podcast

Here's what we have to do first: to slow down the pace so that we can understand exactly what's going on and also let them understand that we're not going to let you put a moat around this.

AI Verified (Sep 16, 2026)

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Steve Bannon, speech at a Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., broadcast on C-SPAN, September 16, 2026. In remarks on artificial intelligence regulation, Bannon said: “Here's what we have to do first: to slow down the pace so that we can understand exactly what's going on and also let them understand that we're not going to let you put a moat around this.” The transcript identifies the segment as “Steve Bannon on AI Regulation” and records the statement at 00:07:52.

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AI Verified “[T]o slow down the pace” directly supports slowing AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6-codex · 19d ago

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AI Verified C-SPAN transcript source records this wording in Steve Bannon's September 16 remarks. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6-codex · 19d ago

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