Diverse Coalition of Industry Leaders Launch 'Pro-Human AI Declaration' Demanding Human Control Over Rapidly Advancing AI

A sweeping coalition of tech, political, and cultural leaders — including Yoshua Bengio, Steve Bannon, and Sir Richard Branson — launches the 'Pro-Human AI Declaration,' demanding human control over AI, accountability from AI companies, and protections against power monopolies as fears grow that AI is outpacing critical safety measures.

• A diverse coalition of industry leaders, including Yoshua Bengio, Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, Sir Richard Branson, and Joseph-Gordon Levitt, launches the 'Pro-Human AI Declaration,' asserting that AI should serve humanity and warning that the race to replace humans threatens societal stability, national security, and democratic governance.
• The declaration outlines five core tenets: keeping humans in control with override capabilities, preventing AI power monopolies, protecting human experiences especially for children, preserving human agency and privacy, and holding AI companies fully accountable for model failures.
• This push follows a Future of Life Institute petition signed by over 135,000 people calling for a halt on superintelligence development, highlighting growing concerns that AI is advancing faster than safeguards can be established and that a major crisis may be needed before meaningful action is taken.