AI 'kill switch' bill unveiled as OpenAI hack raises alarms

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) Jim Vondruska/Getty Images A newly proposed bill would authorize the US government to shut down or throttle AI models it views as risky. The legislation comes days after OpenAI disclosed what it called an "unprecedented" cyber incident involving Hugging Face. POLITICO viewed text of the new legislation, dubbed the "AI Kill Switch Act." A bipartisan House bill slated to be introduced on Thursday would give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to order top artificial intelligence firms to shut down or slow AI models that the government deems too dangerous, according to legislative text viewed first by POLITICO . The proposal, dubbed the " AI Kill Switch Act " and sponsored by Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas), would also require those companies to report incidents and create the technical capacity to shut down, throttle or suspend their powerful AI systems.