House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (R-Ark) has accused Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) of being a "threat to national security" over his anti-artificial intelligence panel with top Chinese experts. Crawford highlighted Sanders' past affinity for far-left communist and socialist movements, and argued that his crusade against AI undermines US geopolitical and security interests. The panel will include Xue Lan, a professor at Tsinghua University and chairman of the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional Committee, which is closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party. Critics argue that the Chinese experts may have an interest in encouraging the US to slow down its AI development so China can advance.