Sam Altman, Dario Amodei could face 20 years in jail under proposed AI bill

US Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill to impose a permanent ban on superintelligent AI. It proposes up to 20 years in prison for developing systems capable of operating independently and beyond human control. If passed, the legislation could directly affect AI leaders, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.