--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "c00dbf9040a80d4ffce8504dfe4ab38b179b9fbf1a8047e241e8eac072960906" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/c00dbf90?lang=en" title: "Bloomington City Council Outlaws Superintelligent AI in Unanimous Vote" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-11-08T07:15:14.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["regulation"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/bloomington-city-council-outlaws-superintelligent-ai-in-unanimous-vote-d7f46928","https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2119274101714108630","https://x.com/xlr8harder/status/2119318915193139524","https://huggingnews.com/ai/bloomington-city-council-outlaws-superintelligent-ai-in-unanimous-vote-d7f46928"] summary: "The Bloomington City Council in Indiana voted unanimously to ban autonomous artificial intelligence systems capable of recursively self-improving and greatly outperforming humans on all cognitive tasks. Lawmakers cited concerns regarding the potential loss of human control and existential hazards to the public." --- # Bloomington City Council Outlaws Superintelligent AI in Unanimous Vote > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-11-08T07:15:14.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** regulation ## Summary The Bloomington City Council in Indiana voted unanimously to ban autonomous artificial intelligence systems capable of recursively self\-improving and greatly outperforming humans on all cognitive tasks\. Lawmakers cited concerns regarding the potential loss of human control and existential hazards to the public\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()