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Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters (www.theguardian.com)

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March 25, 2026

The policy, announced by Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democratic representative, on Wednesday morning, aims to ensure the AI boom protects the environment and communities, and benefits workers instead of harming them. A temporary ban, the lawmakers say, would give the US government time to create strong federal safeguards for AI, which is “affecting everything from our economy and wellbeing to our democracy, warfare and our kids’ education”.

“AI and robotics are creating the most sweeping technological revolution in the history of humanity,” Sanders said in an emailed statement. “The scale, scope, and speed of that change is unprecedented. Congress is way behind where it should be in understanding the nature of this revolution and its impacts.”

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[–] Kalon@feddit.online 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Good. The rest of the Democratic party is content to get nothing more than promises that big tech companies will invest in their share of energy usage.

I don't think the party as a whole understand what their job is.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago

They understand, most of them just don't work for us.