Bernie Sanders demands OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta pause AI development over escalating safety concerns.

• "Let me be very clear: If you do not take appropriate action now, my colleagues and I in the U.S. Senate will."

• "That moment is here. AI capabilities HAVE reached a critical threshold."

• "Mr. Altman, Mr. Amodei and Mr. Zuckerberg: In the interest of humanity, stand by your words. Pause AI development. It is not too late to avoid disaster. Stop building machines that humans cannot control."

• "And yet, at a moment when we have seen human loss of control and the creation of potentially dangerous viruses, your companies are still racing ahead- investing tens of billions of dollars into a technology that nobody can fully understand, predict or control."