Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act of 2026

This bill would create a new federal Department of Artificial Intelligence, led by a Secretary appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. It would pause the training and release of advanced AI systems (those trained on at least 10^25 operations) until the Department is fully staffed and has issued rules, and would require a federal charter and pre-deployment approval to develop or release such systems. It would ban anyone from developing, possessing, funding, or transferring artificial superintelligence or AI systems with certain warning-sign capabilities, and would require the Secretary to shut down such systems. Violations could lead to fines and up to 20 years in prison, 10-year industry employment bans, charter revocation, and forfeiture of company assets. The bill also protects whistleblowers from retaliation and directs the U.S. to seek international agreements to prevent superintelligence.

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Sponsors

• Greg Casar Democrat sponsor
• 12 cosponsors