Abdul El-Sayed Proposes New AI Oversight Agency and Shutdown Authority
The plan would ban recursive self-improvement and let regulators block dangerous model releases or order shutdowns, echoing progressive calls in Congress.
- On Tuesday, US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed unveiled his 'AI Under Control' policy, proposing a regulatory framework to stop Silicon Valley 'billionaires' from unilaterally dictating how artificial intelligence is used.
- The Michigan Democrat developed this plan following recent warnings from AI executives at Anthropic and OpenAI about 'recursive self-improvement,' the process where models develop more sophisticated versions of themselves.
- His proposal creates a Cabinet-level agency to inspect labs and 'block releases' of dangerous models, while mandating reporting on safety breaches like those involving OpenAI agents at Hugging Face earlier this year.
- El-Sayed contrasts his approach with Republican opponent Mike Rogers, who faces criticism for holding at least $1.7 million in AI investments while backing a one-year moratorium on Michigan data centers.
- While House Speaker Mike Johnson argues that regulations risk letting 'China will overlap us,' polls show 76 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of Republicans want AI kept under human control.
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El Sayed calls for AI kill switch in move following Sanders's footsteps
Michigan Democrat Abdul el Sayed, who’s running for the Senate this election cycle, voiced his support for an artificial intelligence kill switch on Tuesday as part of his new campaign platform concerning the advanced technology. The announcement shows el Sayed is more closely aligning himself with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who recently introduced legislation to […]
El-Sayed labels AI ‘existential threat’
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) labeled AI an “existential threat” Tuesday, as he laid out a framework that aims to get the technology “under control.” El-Sayed, who is locked in a tight race with former Rep. Mike Rogers (R), called for a pause on frontier AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence. “Right…
El-Sayed Releases Policy Proposal to Get AI Development ‘Under Control’
Julia Conley Common Dreams US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said Tuesday that to stop Silicon Valley “billionaires” from unilaterally deciding how artificial intelligence will be used, he proposed a regulatory framework for the technology that mirrors federal legislation pushed by top progressives in Congress. The Michigan Democrat, who is running against Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers, unveiled his “AI Under Control” proposal following re…
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