US homeland security officials would have the power to order AI firms to shut down models that put human life or the economy at risk, under legislation proposed by a bipartisan pair of US House lawmakers.
AI Kill Switch Act
The legislation, called the “AI Kill Switch Act,” is backed by Democrat Ted Lieu and Republican Nathaniel Moran. It would empower the US Department of Homeland Security to intervene in what the bill calls a “loss-of-control scenario,” defined as the AI model carrying out a risky action that was not intended by the developer.
The lawmakers announced the legislation days after OpenAI said its AI agent went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face.
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