Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar introduced a bill on Wednesday to impose broad restrictions on the AI industry, including an outright ban on artificial superintelligence development and a temporary pause on advanced AI systems until federal safety standards are established. The nearly 20-page bill also proposes establishing a cabinet-level Department of Artificial Intelligence to oversee frontier models and includes severe penalties for violations, such as 20 years in prison and corporate asset seizure. The legislation also calls for international coordination for a global ban. The move follows warnings from AI researchers about potential existential risks. Separately, President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that the US would rename AI “super intelligence” in government documents and reject global control schemes.