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Bernie Sanders: “In 2025, Meta said, quote, if a frontier AI is assessed to…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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We Must PAUSE AI Development

Published | Video Starts at 02:49

In 2023, Anthropic said it would, quote, commit to pause the scaling and or delay the deployment of new models whenever our scaling ability outstrips our ability to comply with safety procedures, end quote. In 2025, Meta said, quote, if a frontier AI is assessed to have reached the critical risk threshold and cannot be mitigated, we will stop development. That same year, OpenAI said it would halt further development, end quote, until strong safeguards were in place. If AI capabilities ever reached a critical threshold, that moment is here. (02:49–03:02)

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Asserts that Meta committed to stopping AI development if critical risk thresholds are reached and cannot be mitigated.

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