AI under control

Artificial intelligence

Abdul calls for a frontier-AI pause, a permanent ban on superintelligence and recursive self-improvement, and public oversight of powerful AI labs.

We need real AI regulation to create guardrails and protect the ability for young people to have a job.

WHAT HE HAS SAID

• Would work to pause training and release of the most powerful AI systems until independent scientists certify safety.
• Would work to permanently ban superintelligence and AI that takes over its own frontier research.
• Would push to require the biggest AI labs to answer to the public, with a charter that puts public or elected representatives in control of the board.
• Would press for Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta to give up their controlling stakes in the frontier AI labs.
• Would work toward a public ownership stake in the largest AI companies, an annual dividend from the returns, and a tax on automation funding education, wage insurance, and small-business loans.
• Would push to create an independent safety agency that can inspect labs, block releases, and order pauses or shutdowns.
• Would work to ban AI from denying medical care, making hiring or firing decisions, conducting warrantless surveillance, or replacing human oversight in life-or-death decisions.
• Supports banning deceptive AI-generated political media, requiring disclosure of AI-generated political ads, and a federal task force on algorithmic disinformation.

Primary sources

• Read the October 13 AI safety plan — Abdul for U.S. Senate
• Read the campaign position — Abdul for U.S. Senate

Last reviewed 2026-08-19.