U.S. lawmakers propose AI ‘kill switch’ bill days after OpenAI incident
Open this photo in gallery:OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. House lawmakers, days after AI firm OpenAI announced one of its models had gone rogue.The legislation, called the “AI Kill Switch Act,” is backed by Democrat Ted Lieu and Republican Nathaniel Moran.
- ▪Open this photo in gallery:OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
- ▪House lawmakers, days after AI firm OpenAI announced one of its models had gone rogue.The legislation, called the “AI Kill Switch Act,” is backed by Democrat Ted Lieu and Republican Nathaniel Moran.
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Open this photo in gallery:OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The company said this week its AI agent went rogue during a security test and compromised an AI startup.JASON REDMOND/AFP/Getty ImagesShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountU.S. 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 U.S. House lawmakers, days after AI firm OpenAI announced one of its models had gone rogue.The legislation, called the “AI Kill Switch Act,” is backed by Democrat Ted Lieu and Republican Nathaniel Moran. It would empower the U.S.
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