Overview
- House Intelligence Committee Chair Rick Crawford said Bernie Sanders is a threat to national security in a Fox Business interview.
- Sanders has planned a Capitol Hill discussion with U.S. and Chinese AI scientists to press for global cooperation on AI risks.
- The New York Post reported the invitees include Xue Lan of Tsinghua University and Zeng Yi of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance, which the outlet described as tied to CCP-aligned governance bodies.
- Sanders has urged a pause on new AI data centers and warned that uncontrolled AI could pose a severe danger to humanity.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized inviting foreign nationals to weigh in on U.S. AI rules, as coverage frames a partisan fight with no public finding of an intelligence breach.