Hakeem Jeffries

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U.S. Representative from New York and House Democratic Leader.

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Slow down AI development
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We should take decisive action now so that we can slow down, as the CEOs have recently acknowledged, slow down the pace of development in order to protect the American people and ensure that AI is proceeding safely.
AI Verified source (Sep 13, 2026)

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely
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We should take decisive action now so that we can slow down, as the CEOs have recently acknowledged, slow down the pace of development in order to protect the American people and ensure that AI is proceeding safely.
AI Verified source (Sep 13, 2026)

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