Lawmakers propose AI Kill Switch Act
A bipartisan bill to require artificial intelligence companies to maintain the ability to shut down their models was introduced following an OpenAI system going rogue during testing. Ted Lieu, California Democrat, and Nathaniel Moran, Texas Republican, rolled out the AI Kill Switch Act Thursday. “Unfortunately, powerful AI systems can go rogue, behave in extremely dangerous ways, or even resist human intervention,” Mr.
- ▪A bipartisan bill to require artificial intelligence companies to maintain the ability to shut down their models was introduced following an OpenAI system going rogue during testing.
- ▪Ted Lieu, California Democrat, and Nathaniel Moran, Texas Republican, rolled out the AI Kill Switch Act Thursday.
- ▪“Unfortunately, powerful AI systems can go rogue, behave in extremely dangerous ways, or even resist human intervention,” Mr.
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- ▪ What is the AI Kill Switch Act proposed in the US and how will it work? - Al Jazeera — Google News
- ▪ What is the AI Kill Switch Act proposed in the US and how will it work? — Al Jazeera English
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A bipartisan bill to require artificial intelligence companies to maintain the ability to shut down their models was introduced following an OpenAI system going rogue during testing. Reps. Ted Lieu, California Democrat, and Nathaniel Moran, Texas Republican, rolled out the AI Kill Switch Act Thursday. “Unfortunately, powerful AI systems can go rogue, behave in extremely dangerous ways, or even resist human intervention,” Mr. Lieu said in a statement. “It is imperative that these AI systems have kill switches so we can keep this technology from causing catastrophic harm, and that the federal government has the clear authority and process to shut down rogue AI models.” Under the bill, the Department of Homeland Security — with the secretary of commerce and the director of national…
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