Democrats renew calls for data center moratoriums after midterm wins
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Bernie Sanders and several newly elected Democrats, including Representative Yassamin Ansari, have renewed calls for data center moratoriums after the US midterm elections, according to The Guardian.
Ansari urged a pause on advanced AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence as her first priority.
The Guardian reports that concerns about new regulation after the midterms helped fuel a selloff of AI stocks in the same week.
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AIBernie Sanders and several newly elected Democrats, including Representative Yassamin Ansari, have renewed calls for datacenter moratoriums after the US midterm elections. Ansari urged a pause on advanced AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence as the first priority. Post-midterm concerns about new regulation helped fuel a selloff of AI stocks this week, according to the report.
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