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Bernie Sanders
US Senator behind AI data centre moratorium bill and robot tax proposal.
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#16 2 Jul
Proposed a rival one-time 50% tax on AI-company stock
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: OpenAI offers US a 5% stake, $42.6bn#9 13 May
Mentioned in: Microsoft's $900M retirement charge obscures 8,750 departures
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 22 Apr
Co-introduced federal data centre moratorium proposal with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Maine passes first US statewide DC freeze#4 1 Apr
Democrats kill the Sanders AI moratorium
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#4 1 Apr
“co introduced legislation”
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#3 25 Mar
Sanders and AOC target AI data centres
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Hollywood unions push royalty to beat AI
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: AI exposure highest among educated women
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
AEI: AI is an equaliser, not a destroyer
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Sanders drafts robot tax on AI layoffs
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: AI threatens 75% of US tax revenue
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#33 11 Mar
Named in congressional letter asking whether AI tools targeted the school
Iran Conflict 2026: Congress asks if AI targeted the school#8 11 Mar
Mentioned in: Microsoft and Google back the Warner-Rounds bill
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#32 10 Mar
Co-signed letter with 46 senators demanding Minab school investigation
Iran Conflict 2026: 46 senators demand Minab investigation#2 5 Jan