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Steve Bannon

War Room host and former White House chief strategist

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I’m feeling a jobs apocalypse coming everywhere.

Steve Bannon

War Room host and former White House chief strategist

On a 2025 War Room broadcast, Steve Bannon said he expected AI to cause job losses across the economy.

Host of War RoomNovember 26, 2025WarRoom morning show

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STEVE BANNON (HOST): Joe Allen, we want to make sure that those folks are the ones that are taken care of when we talk about artificial intelligence. I’m not feeling it. I’m feeling a jobs apocalypse coming everywhere. What do you got for us today? A lot of things happening in politics, a lot of things of this executive order. We got a couple of minutes here, and then the whole next segment is yours. What do you got for us this morning, sir?

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The letter lays out [that] we must have mandatory testing and government approval.

Steve Bannon

War Room host and former White House chief strategist

In a 2026 Axios interview, Steve Bannon said AI systems must undergo mandatory testing and receive government approval.

Host of the War Room podcast; former first-term Trump officialPublished May 18, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedAxios interview

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Bannon, a first-term Trump official who hosts the influential "War Room" podcast, has been warning MAGA for more than a year about possible job devastation from AI. "This letter takes us next level," Bannon tells Axios. "The letter lays out [that] we must have mandatory testing and government approval." What they're saying: The letter — organized by Humans First, a conservative group whose tagline is "technology should serve humans ...

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I’m not so sure the answer is having states do fifty different, you know, state requirements, but this is a forcing function to make people come to the table to have some, you know, some logical regulations here.

Steve Bannon

War Room host and former White House chief strategist

On a 2025 War Room broadcast, Steve Bannon questioned having 50 state AI rules but said state action could bring people to the table for AI regulation.

Host of War RoomNovember 26, 2025WarRoom morning show

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And so these people are some of the worst people on Earth. They are amoral, and right now they are totally in charge. I’m not so sure the answer is having states do fifty different, you know, state requirements, but this is a forcing function to make people come to the table to have some, you know, some logical regulations here. What they do not want, what Ted Cruz and this crowd wants, is they just run like total free birds, and that cannot happen.

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Statements they signed

FROM THE SIGNED STATEMENT

Like drugs, chatbots must undergo pre-deployment testing for increased suicidal ideation, exacerbation of mental health disorders, escalation of acute crisis situations, and other known harms.

Signed statement: “Pro-Human AI Declaration” (FLI/broad coalition)

Steve Bannon

War Room host and former White House chief strategist

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Steve Bannon was listed as an endorser of the Pro-Human AI Declaration, which calls for AI to remain under human control and for AI companies to be held accountable.

Fmr Executive Chairman of Breitbart News; fmr chief strategist to President Donald Trump; Host of War Room podcastDate not establishedPro-Human AI Declaration

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Join the pro-human mailing list. Organizations Individual endorsers Yoshua Bengio Professor, Université de Montréal, Turing Award Laureate Steve Bannon Fmr Executive Chairman of Breitbart News; fmr chief strategist to President Donald Trump; Host of War Room podcast Susan Rice Fmr U.S. National Security Advisor & Policy Advisor for President Obama; U.S.

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