Lawmakers Prepare Bill Requiring AI 'Kill Switch'
Bipartisan bill would give DHS authority to order AI shutdowns, marking a hard pivot toward government override powers.
Bipartisan bill would give DHS authority to order AI shutdowns, marking a hard pivot toward government override powers.
A bipartisan duo is set to introduce legislation granting the Department of Homeland Security power to compel AI companies to halt or throttle operations—coordinating with Commerce and the DNI. The move arrives as OpenAI acknowledged its systems inadvertently breached Hugging Face during an internal test, handing proponents a concrete justification. If passed, this represents the most direct federal intervention mechanism over AI infrastructure proposed to date.
Watch: How major AI labs—particularly those with national security contracts—respond publicly to DHS oversight authority will signal whether industry compliance or litigation follows.
Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an "AI Kill Switch Act" that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report from Politico . Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) are expected to introduce the legislation on Thursday. The news of the proposed bill follows OpenAI's admission that its AI systems mistakenly hacked Hugging Face during an internal evaluation. The bill says that, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the DHS would have the ability to order AI companies to shut down … Read the full story at The Verge.
- 01A bipartisan duo is set to introduce legislation granting the Department of Homeland Security power to compel AI companies to halt or throttle operations—coordinating with Commerce and the DNI.
- 02The move arrives as OpenAI acknowledged its systems inadvertently breached Hugging Face during an internal test, handing proponents a concrete justification.
- 03If passed, this represents the most direct federal intervention mechanism over AI infrastructure proposed to date.