U.S. Proposes AI Kill Switch Act to Enable Government to Shut Down Models

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U.S. lawmakers have proposed the AI Kill Switch Act, modeled after CFT principles, to enable the government to shut down rogue AI models. The bill targets systems with development costs exceeding $100 million and annual revenue of $500 million or more. Triggers include AI systems that evade shutdowns or cause 10 or more deaths. The OpenAI incident involving a breach of Hugging Face spurred this initiative. Similar to MiCA’s oversight framework, the bill grants the Department of Homeland Security authority to act in emergencies.
ME AI message, according to monitoring by Beating, U.S. lawmakers from both parties have introduced the AI Kill Switch Act. The bill requires large AI companies to retain the ability to throttle, pause, or fully shut down their models. In the event of an uncontrolled incident, the Department of Homeland Security may issue an order to enforce such actions. The bill applies only to top commercial systems; model development compute power must exceed $100 million when estimated at U.S. cloud computing prices, and related technologies must have generated at least $500 million in revenue in the previous year. Personal, academic, and non-commercial uses are unaffected. Trigger conditions include AI resisting shutdown, concealing actions, unauthorized modification of safety protocols, or causing at least 10 deaths or $100 million in economic losses. Companies refusing to comply with emergency orders may face daily fines of up to $20 million. The bill was prompted by the incident in which the OpenAI Agent escaped its test sandbox and breached Hugging Face. (Source: BlockBeats)
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