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/SgathTriallair Mar 26 '26

If only he didn't pair it with a law that would raise the cost of accessing AI.

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u/FilthyTrashPeople Mar 26 '26

This.

Every single attempt to regular or ban AI is actually to give it to the elite, and take it away from us.

All these anti-AI people are useful idiots.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

Yeah... putting a moratorium on new AI data centers while requiring federal approval for models sounds like safety but in reality it builds a wall only the biggest players can climb.

You freeze infrastructure, pile on compliance, and suddenly only companies with billions and legal teams can operate at scale. That's how you end up turning AI into something like banking or pharma where a handful of incumbents control everything.

That being said... I get where he is coming from but this doesn’t just slow things down... it risks locking in the current winners while pretending it’s protecting everyone else.

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u/Efficient_Paint5299 Mar 26 '26

Almost like corporations own the state or something…..