Draft US Law Seeks to Create a Kill Switch for AI Systems
Bipartisan lawmakers in the U.S. have introduced new legislation that would mandate developers of the country’s most advanced AI systems to include an emergency shutdown mechanism designed to prevent catastrophic failures. The AI Kill Switch Act, introduced by Reps. Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran, would give federal authorities the power to direct companies developing cutting-edge AI models to slow, suspend, or completely deactivate their systems if they present a serious threat to public safety, national infrastructure, or the wider economy. The measure follows growing concern over the rapid progress of AI and arrives shortly after OpenAI revealed details of what it described as an unprecedented cybersecurity event…