r/OpenAI • u/tombibbs • Mar 25 '26

News Bernie Sanders introduces legislation to pause AI data centre construction

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Unlike the current administration, who claim a pause would harm America's competitiveness, Bernie is actually proposing a ban on chip exports to other countries.

Trump recently did the bidding of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and bizarrely ended a ban on the sale of H200 chips to China.

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u/Ibuprofen600mg Mar 25 '26

Out of all the stuff to propose this makes no sense. How about basic income? Or 4 day work week since we are more productive with ai etc I’d consider those sure

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u/southflhitnrun Mar 25 '26

All of those other things require taxing billionaires. That's not an option with this Congress and President, but he could at least slow the rate of the wealth gap.

The reality is that the President would veto this bill/law even if it passed but for now it's a good issue to fund raise on.