Sanders wrote on X, Sept. 13 -- US Senator Bernie Sanders has urged Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump to negotiate a treaty to pause advanced AI development and ban artificial superintelligence before it is too late, citing recent calls from leading technology executives to slow the pace of AI development.

"Dario Amodei, Elon Musk and Sam Altman now agree that we must slow down the development of AI and 'pace the frontier.' That's a start, but it's not enough."

"When you are racing towards a cliff, you don't just ease up on the gas pedal. You hit the brakes," he said.

"When the future of humanity is at stake, we need a PAUSE on advanced AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence - an AI mind smart...