Bernie Sanders

We can't allow a handful of billionaires, eager to increase their wealth and power, to rush forward with a technology that will fundamentally transform humanity without democratic input or accountability. AI Verified source (2026)

Robots don't need a wage, health care, time off, sick leave, Social Security, Medicare or unemployment benefits. The same handful of oligarchs who have rigged our economy for decades are now moving as fast as they can to replace human workers with wh... more AI Unverifiable source (2025)

It would create a sovereign wealth fund through a one-time 50 percent tax — not on the profits of OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and other companies, but paid with something far more valuable than that: the stock. [...] the billions, if not trillions, of dol... more AI Verified source (2026)

We need to ban the use of facial recognition technology by the police. Unverified source (2020)

The billions, if not trillions, generated by this legislation would provide direct payments to the American people and help guarantee health care, education and housing as human rights. AI Verified source (2026)

A moratorium will give us time to ensure AI is safe and effective, time to protect our privacy and well-being, time to defend our democracy, and time to make sure the economic gains of this technology benefit the general population, not just a handfu... more AI Verified source (2026)

One might think that, given the very real threat to humanity, countries might come together to regulate this technology through an international treaty, like we did with nuclear weapons at the height of the Cold War. [...] We need international coope... more AI Verified source (2026)

We can’t allow a handful of billionaires [...] to rush forward with a technology that will fundamentally transform humanity without democratic input or accountability. AI Verified source (2026)